Taken from JRE #1375 w/Edward Norton:
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Taken from JRE #1375 w/Edward Norton:
https://youtu.be/wUn1TbCINpk
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Personally I feel like Pete Townshend and Jimmy Page did more for guitar than Clapton and possibly Hendrix.
Jimi Hendrix is the Most Overrated Guitarist of All Time. Besides being sloppy a lot of the times, he wasn't near as Versatile as Eric Clapton.
Norton said something about Brando being not discipline, but a very poetic person. If anyone has seen the 2015 documentary on Brando, Stella Adler, his former mentor, said something about being present and finding the truth in that moment. And I think that had a profound impact on his technique as being infinitesimally grounded in realism and the way we perceive him as an actor today. Maybe that's why he hated being hailed as the 'greatest actor' because to him he wasn't acting, but rather simply presenting the truth to the audience.
He forbad his daughter, Cheyenne, from living in the States because he didn't want the environment to disrupt the tranquility in her upbringing. That is poetic, but in 'reality' a child needs their father. Of course, it's incredibly hard to put a number to parenthood and find that sweet spot in the upbringing of a healthy child, but she seemed to have hated him for his absence.
I think I'm way over my head so I'm gonna stop right here. This is not meant to judge anyone or tarnish the legacy of Brando. It's just a thought that came to me and I found it interesting how Brando had such an incredible innate ability to see the flaws in other human beings, his characters, and present them in such a sublime, poetic manner that lauded him as an acting god. But he wasn't able to see the flaws in himself and manifest them as a loving father. Maybe his love was authentic and earnest, but it was poetic and not disciplined. And if he tried it any way else, he would be 'acting'
almost any actor who is influenced by Marlon Brando's style is in turn a great actor. Here is another proof, but there are many others..
Clapton sucks!!