Marlon Brando's first (and last) directorial project, One-Eyed Jacks, is an underrated Western, although it almost looked very different.
Marlon Brando is one of the most acclaimed actors in the history of cinema, but you’d be hard-pressed to find someone saying he was also one of the easiest to work with. While Brando has more than earned his reputation thanks to his performances in films like On the Waterfront and The Godfather, his off-camera behavior has put a damper on an otherwise mythical career.
On paper, One-Eyed Jacks is classic Western material, but Brando is not content with creating mere pastiche. Instead, he utilizes the film’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly style revenge plot to deconstruct the basic foundations of the genre, transforming One-Eyed Jacks into a fascinating bridge between the squeaky-clean Westerns of Classical Hollywood and the revisionist Westerns of New Hollywood.
Marlon Brando Requested Stanley Kubrick, But Soon Conflicts Arose Enter, Stanley Kubrick. Much like his assigned scriptwriter, Kubrick was still in the early days of his now legendary career, although the success of his 1957 anti-war masterpiece Paths of Glory had propelled him to international fame. Suddenly Kubrick found himself inundated with offers from his new overnight fans, one of which came direct from Brando himself .
Well, it took a while , but eventually Kubrick folded. The final straw came during a last-minute meeting with Brando intended to quash their longstanding conflicts before the cameras started rolling . Things were going badly from the moment Kubrick seated himself at the table. Brando pulled out a stopwatch, placed it on the table, and then demanded that every issue Kubrick had with the film be stated before the timer reached zero.
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