Brando's 'Best Performance'
In response to a question during a Larry King interview, Brando claimed this was his best performance EVER. Rather than allowing Brando to tell us why he considered it his best, Mr. King (as is his wont) interrupted Brando in mid-sentence and changed the subject to ask him something trivial and inane. I've never forgiven Larry King for that.
I had always considered it as Brando's best. He even LOOKED beautiful in it! The movie, itself, is a brilliant study on the subjects of Imperialism/Colonialism/Capitalism. I think it should be REQUIRED viewing for every high school student in America; and it is particularly relevant to the USA's current fiasco in Iraq...and its pending fiascos elsewhere in the world on behalf of the mega-corporations that dictate America's foreign policies.
"The risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to bloom."