tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post5782280764817346573..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: THE FUGITIVE KIND (1960)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-24139902309039637802010-02-23T12:28:14.194-05:002010-02-23T12:28:14.194-05:00Very accurate review. I agree with the shoddiness ...Very accurate review. I agree with the shoddiness of the pretense, but in a way, the very dreary and shambolic nature of the story seems to condone such irregularities in the fabric of the character's acting. Maybe it was some time since I watched a Brando movie, but I'd say that for me this movie was a revelation. I'd rank it second best movie of Brando after "The Last Tango in Paris". I say this because, even though Brando gave superior performances in films such as Godfather, Waterfront and Streetcar, this movie's story seems both understated and intriguing, it catches the viewer on a personal level almost. The leitmotif of this movie is an undecided character, drifting and looking for a safe haven. The lewd attractive girl disgusts him, as he'd like to find a steady job. Moreover, he seems to have drifted for too long to even remember that he has the capacity to stay put, hence the metaphor "bird without legs". A sartorialist dressing style when he works in the store goes to cement brando's desire to impress, be it through roughness or through ellegance. He may not have had a musical talent, but we can get to believe that the character uses music as merely a pretense, as the review notes, whilst being a sort of "Midnight Cowboy" in the big city, "entertaining" old women for their money. I really enjoyed this movie, as well as your review of it.Jean Floressas des Esseinteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15223493518942039107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-22208539694288809792009-09-09T08:32:08.272-04:002009-09-09T08:32:08.272-04:00I think what drew me to this particular movie in t...I think what drew me to this particular movie in the first place was the match between a Tennessee Williams script with Brando, which worked so well in Streetcar. I love/loath Williams work in as much as he seems to write about decadent, corrupt souther white trash. It's like reading a train wreck. You know it's going to end badly, but you can't help but to watch. <br /><br />In this movie in particular, not one of the characters was sympathetic. They all seemed diseased in some way or another. The entire town seemed to be an emotional leper colony.<br /><br />Although I think having Elvis as the main character would have done more to establish "Snakeskin" as a troubador, I doubt Elvis had the talent as an actor to make the character what he needed to be. Of course, my favorite film from classic Hollywood is still (and probably always will be) Sunset Boulevard, but this one is definitely worth catching - if you're in to watching train wrecks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com