"I remember being young in the 1960s… we had a great sense of the future, a great big hope. This is what is missing in the youth today. This being able to dream and to change the world."
(Bernardo Bertolucci)
Marlon Brando and Bernardo Bertolucci on the set of" Last Tango in Paris". In the background, Maria Schneider.
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Marlon Brando, 1950 (photo by Philippe Halsman)
“I have read the play [Orpheus Descending] three times since yesterday and am going to read it again. I think that it is the best play that you have done so far. I have been afraid for you sometimes, because success sings a deadly lullaby to most people. Success is a real and subtle whore, who would like nothing better than to catch you sleeping and bite your cock off.
You have been as brave as anybody I’ve known, and it is comforting to think about it. You probably don’t think of yourself as brave because nobody who really has courage does, but I know you are and I get food from that.”
-Brando, in a 1955 letter to Tennessee Williams (full letter here)(via)
Don Vito Corleone:
Never tell anybody outside the family what you’re thinking again.
Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.
I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.
I have a sentimental weakness for my children and I spoil them, as you can see. They talk when they should be listening.
A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.
Michael Corleone:
Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
My father taught me many things … keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
Fredo, you’re my older brother, and I love you. But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever.
It’s dangerous to be a honest man.
It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business.
(love the composition of the scene)
behind the scenes: francis ford coppola, marlon brando, al pacino
ind the scenes: francis ford coppola, al pacino, diane keaton
