Marlon Brando, Patricia Bosworth
Marlon Brando, Patricia Bosworth
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Marlon Brando

Author: Patricia Bosworth

Narrator: Edward Holland

Unabridged: 6 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/23/2001

Synopsis

Following his development from moody Oklahoma teenager to the method-trained star to the eccentric recluse of his later years, Patricia Bosworth offers a penetrating look at Marlon Brando’s evolving persona: the volcanic Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, the sensitive rebel in The Wild Ones, the iconic Don Corleone in The Godfather. Bosworth probes Brando’s alcoholic parents’ influence on his acting, his decades of psychoanalysis, and his tumultuous personal relationships. Here, from rebellious unknown to reluctant idol to falling star, is the complex charismatic genius who changed the face of acting.
 
“A vivid reminder of the personal and professional highlights of Brando's life.”—Publishers Weekly

About The Author

Patricia Bosworth is an American journalist and biographer who was born in Oakland, California. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and a former faculty member of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. Bosworth has also been an editor, actress, and model. Patricia Bosworth’s books include her critically acclaimed biographies of Diane Arbus and Montgomery Clift and a memoir, Anything Your Little Heart Desires. Residing in New York City, she is a contributing editor of Vanity Fair and writes regularly for The New York Times. You can visit her online at pbosworth.com and @P_Bosworth.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tom on February 16, 2014

I really enjoyed this biography that drew on Brando's autobiography and other accounts to chart his life from stage and screen, gigolo to AIM activist, and public figure to recluse. The commentary and analysis of the films has prompted me to revisit or discover many of them. For instance, I have now......more

Goodreads review by Rodrigo on August 08, 2017

Leer la biografía de una estrella de cine tan legendaria como Brando siempre implica el riesgo de encontrarse con un recorrido por todos los chismes y eventos sensacionales de su vida, como si más que biografía se tratara de una antología de todas las notas de espectáculos que se publicaron sobre su......more

Goodreads review by Ellison on July 14, 2021

Goes into detail about his youth which is good. Mom a drunk, dad mean, some military school. gets into acting, Broadway, movies, becomes famous, gets rich, makes movies, blows through titles, many I had never even heard of, no staying power, why? Film have incomplete scripts? Makes movies just for a......more

Goodreads review by Paul on October 09, 2020

Though there are many biographies out there about the great actor Marlon Brando, I made a point to read Patricia Bosworth's version in order to hear her particular take on Brando's life and career. I was a fan of Bosworth's Montgomery Clift biography, and was hoping her Brando book would be as good......more

Goodreads review by Bill on April 24, 2015

One of my pet peeves is 900-page biography that tell you every time the subject had a bowl of cereal, whether they finished the bowl and whether they rinsed it out or left it in the sink to harden. It is a joy to read biographies that weigh in at less than 200 pages and are written for the reader ra......more

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