Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective, entirely in his own voice. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Stevan Riley
Written By: Stevan Riley, Peter Ettedgui
Starring: Marlon Brando
Genres: Documentary, Biography
Country: UK
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Listen to Me Marlon belongs to 12 collections
1. Movies about movies (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 30 stars)
2. Best of criticker: Documentary (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 20 stars)
3. Documentaries about movies (public: moderated by djross - 19 stars)
4. Best of criticker: Biography (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 2 stars)
5. Best of criticker: 2015 (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 1 star)
6. Sundance 2015 - World Cinema Documentary Competition (public: moderated by chemical404)
7. watching 2015 (public: moderated by max805)
8. Availability: CraveTV (Canada) (public: moderated by geohawk)
9. DtC Doubling the Canon 2023 Nominees (public: moderated by lineuphere)
10. 5: Documentaries (private: KasperL)
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| Dec 27, 2020 |  |
frederic_g54 | 8 77% |
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You don't need to be a psychoanalist to understand the impact an unstable childhood can have on a person's mental health and well-being, and through Brando's personal recordings, we get a moving, intimate and deeply candid glimpse into the life and work of both the remarkable actor and anguished individual that he was. On par with 'Amy' which came out the same year.
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| Apr 07, 2020 | braddad68 | 98 93% |
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Wow! Very impressed with this documentary about Marlon Brando, narrated by the actor himself, from his own audio recordings. Some profound thoughts to be found. Well edited, beautiful music, interesting archive footage and movie clips.
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| Feb 25, 2017 |  |
mandy | 7 74% |
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Extraordinary that such a vocal diary exists so that everything can be heard from Marlon's perspective . very interesting and very well put together.
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| Feb 04, 2017 |  |
TheDiceman | 80 95% |
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Wow.
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| May 15, 2016 |  |
eCitizen | 80 83% |
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After watching this, I felt that I needed to watch it again and again. There is a kernel of genius in this material.
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| Apr 30, 2016 |  |
td888 | 70 76% |
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Well you're here on Criticker and a member. This is mandatory viewing for any movie aficionado. Period.
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| Apr 24, 2016 |  |
cussot | 85 69% |
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There are times when you just may hate yourself for eavesdropping on Marlon posthumously. I couldn't stop myself.
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| Mar 28, 2016 |  |
Rufam | 70 57% |
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An achievement in narrative. The entire story is told by Marlon himself; no "objectivity" is instilled by the filmmakers and, as a result, the film's perspective is both profoundly intimate and confusing/incomplete.
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| Jan 12, 2016 |  |
capodelnulla | 75 69% |
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brando'nun popüler kültürü bu derece işgal etmesinin arkasında yatan ama bir şekilde üstüne gidilmeyen etkileyiciliğinin gözler önüne serildiği, muhtemelen çok çeşitli ve dağınık ses kayıtlarının anlamlı bir bütüne sürükleyici bir biçimde tamamlandığı bir belgesel.
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| Jan 08, 2016 |  |
redacted | 76 60% |
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We see the world through the ego (vocal recordings) of MB. Some of his insights into what acting is and how to create a compelling scene are unique and incisive. Other times, eg. where he claims to rewrite Apocalypse Now entirely, are strange and delusional. He seemed to get swept away by his own person at some point in his career, and with 16 kids to his name, he probably enjoyed it.
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| Dec 19, 2015 |  |
wetwillies | 80 37% |
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I think this is what Amy wanted to be; or, maybe, what everyone else sees in Amy. A portrait of the artist, told by the artist. Mental minutiae rendered in broad strokes, Brando's voice a neverending source of knowledge and excitement. But despite its poetic approach, the film gets bogged down by convention. One wishes we could ditch the music and the B-roll in order to luxuriate purely in the man and his myth. Mostly great, sporadically boring.
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| Dec 14, 2015 |  |
bakcheia | 91 87% |
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Whereas Kapadia's Amy was a fully rendered portrait of its subject told through external anecdotes, Marlon lends itself to undertaking the role of self-portrait through the subject's own voice recordings. There's a vital dialogue to be had in regards to these two films and how they signify a larger sea change in biographical documentaries. This film, however, is far less concrete. Brando still remains inscrutable, ephemeral in his presence, yet I was deeply moved and sated by this intimate work.
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| Dec 06, 2015 |  |
twincinema | 45 23% |
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I like Brando. This was too much Brando.
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| Nov 15, 2015 | PUNQ | 60 89% |
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Using audio tapes with hundreds of hours of Marlon Brando talking about himself made for a in-depth understanding of the man. Quality doc!
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| Sep 11, 2015 | doughbaron | 78 74% |
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There's a stream of consciousness quality to Listen to Me Marlon that may take a while to penetrate, but once you do, the rhythm of Marlon's tapes combined with an excellent soundtrack and visual footage, reveal a highly engaging portrait.
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| Average Percentile 73.09% from 245 Ratings |  |