As unconventional as its subject, Listen to Me Marlon offers an unusually intimate portrait of Marlon Brando, told almost entirely in his own words, culled from hundreds of hours of audiotapes he recorded over many years’ time. They range from self-hypnosis mantras to confessionals about his troubled youth. He also speaks with candor and insight about the nature of acting and the curse of fame. I found it all utterly fascinating Filmmaker Stevan Riley fleshes out his raw material with a host of film excerpts, newsreel footage, television appearances, and the Maysles Brothers’ infectiously amusing Meet Marlon Brando (1966), in which the star shamelessly flirts with attractive female...
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- 7/29/2015
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
Back at the start of March, the world of film lost one of its most revered documentarians, Albert Maysles. He and his brother David made three of Sight & Sound’s Top 50 Documentaries of all time, and to pay tribute to the late director, Turner Classic Movies is tonight changing their schedule to air three of those films, along with one of his early shorts.
TCM’s Albert Maysles Memorial Tribute will air Grey Gardens, Salesman, Gimme Shelter, and Meet Marlon Brando, starting at 8 Pm Et tonight. We first reported on the series back in our film Week in Review. Here’s the schedule:
TCM Remembers Albert Maysles– Monday, March 23
8 Pm Grey Gardens (1976)
10:00 Pm Salesman (1968)
11:45 Pm Gimme Shelter (1970)
1:30 Am Meet Marlon Brando (1968)
Grey Gardens recently received a restoration via the Criterion Collection, while the controversial Gimme Shelter is an absolute must-see and pinnacle of music history, ranking along...
TCM’s Albert Maysles Memorial Tribute will air Grey Gardens, Salesman, Gimme Shelter, and Meet Marlon Brando, starting at 8 Pm Et tonight. We first reported on the series back in our film Week in Review. Here’s the schedule:
TCM Remembers Albert Maysles– Monday, March 23
8 Pm Grey Gardens (1976)
10:00 Pm Salesman (1968)
11:45 Pm Gimme Shelter (1970)
1:30 Am Meet Marlon Brando (1968)
Grey Gardens recently received a restoration via the Criterion Collection, while the controversial Gimme Shelter is an absolute must-see and pinnacle of music history, ranking along...
- 3/23/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Film and celluloid is going the way of vinyl. The shift from tactile mediums to ones and zeroes has happened so quickly that for a while it had looked like these records and film strips that we had used to record our artistic history for the entire 20th century would suddenly become obsolete and erased forever. While vinyl has experienced a resurgence among those who truly love music, the already struggling movie theaters and multiplexes have all but done away with film in place of digital projection. Kodak’s film sales have dropped 96 percent in the last decade.
In fact, you can almost count on two hands the number of major filmmakers still actively using film when making studio pictures today: Quentin Tarantino, J.J. Abrams (who is making Star Wars: Episode VII on film), Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), and Christopher Nolan.
Nolan this week spoke at an...
In fact, you can almost count on two hands the number of major filmmakers still actively using film when making studio pictures today: Quentin Tarantino, J.J. Abrams (who is making Star Wars: Episode VII on film), Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), and Christopher Nolan.
Nolan this week spoke at an...
- 3/13/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Turner Classic Movies will celebrate the life and career of award-winning documentarian Albert Maysles, who died March 6 at the age of 88, with a four-film tribute hosted by friend and documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Maysles and his brother David co-directed films including "Grey Gardens," which just successfully launched a new restoration in New York, as well as "Salesman" and "Gimme Shelter." Here's the complete schedule: TCM Remembers Albert Maysles– Monday, March. 23 8 p.m. "Grey Gardens" (1976) 10:00 p.m. "Salesman" (1968) 11:45 p.m. "Gimme Shelter" (1970) 1:30 a.m. "Meet Marlon Brando" (1968) Listen: Screen Talk: From Albert Maysles and Lena Dunham to the Rise and Fall of Abel Ferrara and Neill Blomkamp...
- 3/10/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Filmmaker Albert Maysles, whose pioneering documentary work chronicled some of rock music's most transformational moments, died Thursday. Maysles had battled pancreatic cancer and become ill about a month before his death, Erika Dilday, executive director of the Maysles Institute, told Newsweek. "He died at home surrounded by his family," she said. Maysles collaborated alongside his brother David on films that showcased the emergent talents of such icons as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The Stones' blues-infused, sexually charged sound was on display in Maysles' 1970 music film classic, Gimme Shelter. Before that film, Maysles helmed 1964's What's Happening!
- 3/6/2015
- by Andrea Billups
- PEOPLE.com
Filmmaker Albert Maysles, whose pioneering documentary work chronicled some of rock music's most transformational moments, died Thursday. Maysles had battled pancreatic cancer and become ill about a month before his death, Erika Dilday, executive director of the Maysles Institute, told Newsweek. "He died at home surrounded by his family," she said. Maysles collaborated alongside his brother David on films that showcased the emergent talents of such icons as Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The Stones' blues-infused, sexually-charged sound was on display in Maysles' 1970 music film classic, Gimme Shelter. Before that film, Maysles also helmed 1964's What's Happening!
- 3/6/2015
- by Andrea Billups
- PEOPLE.com
1. Comcast: Comcast Corp wants to get into the streaming movie and TV business. Reuters reports that the cable operator is planning to sell movies and TV shows for download and streaming through the company's set-top boxes and its Xfinity TV website, as early as next year. Comcast already offers movies on demand. 2. PlayStation 4: Sony's PlayStation 4, which launched at midnight this morning, ushers in a new generation of home video game consoles. launched during a series of midnight events Friday, ushering in a new generation of home video game consoles. In fact, it's not just a game console, it's more of an entertainment console, giving users access to TV and video with apps such as Netflix and Amazon Instant Video. 3. The Maysles Brothers: Yesterday, we wrote about how "Meet Marlon Brando," the documentary by Albert Maysles and David Maysles, will be available for the first time since its 1965 theatrical release on Fandor,...
- 11/15/2013
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
1. Qloo: Qloo, a new recommendation app which is being compared to Pandora, has raised $1.6 million in funding from investors including Tommy Thompson, completing the startup's seed round of $3 million, the company announced. While Pandora suggests music you might like based on your preferences, Qloo suggests TV shows, movies, books, fashion and travel, among other things, you might like. The startup has launched its first iOS application, available to download for free from Apple’s iTunes Store. You can check out the Qloo web site here and download the app here. 2. Meet Brando: Thanks to Fandor, the subscription online film site, "Meet Marlon Brando," the documentary by Albert Maysles and David Maysles, will be available for the first time since its 1965 theatrical release. Starting tomorrow on Fandor, you can see the entire film, but we've got an exclusive clip for you here. 3. iPhone Movie: Billed as the first narrative...
- 11/14/2013
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
"Meet Marlon Brando," the documentary by Albert Maysles and David Maysles, will be available for the first time since its 1965 theatrical release on Fandor starting tomorrow. The short black and white film, which features the actor as he is interviewed by a series of journalists, premiered at the New York Film Festival in 1966. It has aired in France, but until now has not been available in its entirety in the U.S. "It's sort of an unwritten code that if you don't cooperate with those people and tell them about the intimacies of your personal life, you've broken the rule and have to be choked publicly and chastised for it or chublicly plastised for it, if you like. That's the way of the world out there," Brando tells a a comely young interviewer. "You're so pretty, I'm distracted," he says, flirtatiously. Indiewire has an exclusive clip from the film, which...
- 11/14/2013
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
Fandor, the on-demand film site that launched in 2011, recently announced three high profile films hitting the site in November, "An Oversimplification of Her Beauty," (Nov. 1) "Meet Marlon Brando" (Nov. 15) and "Leviathan." (Nov. 19) Notably, this will mark the first time "Meet Marlon Brando," the documentary by Albert Maysles and David Maysles, will be available since its 1965 theatrical release. To cement their reputation as a site for indie film fans, Fandor has created this snazzy infographic which tracks the history of independent film over 100 years. Check it out below:...
- 10/23/2013
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
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