Biography describes monstrous side of Marlon Brando.

French journalist François Forestier not forget your first encounter with Marlon Brando: "He was magnetic, electric, charming and at the same time, had something repulsive I could hear in my head. ... Danger danger ... danger ... ".


Brando (1924-2004) was the greatest actor of his time, but his life was a succession of tragedies. Beautiful, she seduced hundreds of women and men, slept with half of Hollywood and destroyed the lives of many people. A daughter was killed, and several mistresses. The son was charged with murder. Wherever he went, the actor left devastated hearts and shattered lives. He ended the life alone, obese, lying on a couch, without receiving friends.

Forestier, film critic for French magazine Le Nouvel Observateur, took two years to write Marlon Brando - The Dark Face of Beauty, a short and devastating biography of the actor who changed the cinema.

The book was gestated for three decades, during which he interviewed dozens of actor friends. "Brando was extraordinarily seductive, and each witness was happy to share their stories with me. This man had so many lovers that the book might seem a phone book."

Brando says Forestier, was an incomparable actor and an abominable person, a monster. "But I'm interested in monsters, I think they are our true human side. I tried to reveal the monstrosity of his world."

The author says he was impressed by the selfish way that Brando was women and children. "He just did not care about anyone. Brando was a monster ego, a monster of misery, loneliness one well, no moral compass, no sense of direction," he says.


"In the last years of his life, was just leaning on self-destruction, dragging all her children. Some people dream of creating a world in flames. Brando dreamed of making it disappear into a black hole."


Pineapples

Forestier describes the films starring Brando, and it is curious to see how the great actor of masterpieces such as the Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972) also got into pineapples. "The Brando myth is so overwhelming that it becomes more important than his films. The truth is that a good actor is at its best in bad movies. His art transcends everything. If you like Brando, forget pineapples that starred. "


To this day, says the journalist, there is no actor that compares to it. "There is a period 'before Brando' and 'after Brando." No one is in that league today. He was the god of the actors, and the devil too. "