Marlon Brando Collection: A Countess From Hong Kong / The Appaloosa (Double Feature)
From gunslinger to aristocrat, from con artist to ambassador, Marlon Brando's performances and characters are unforgettable. This is a truly unique collection of the man who changed the face of American film acting forever.
Includes 2 Marlon Brando Classics on a double-sided DVD:
A Countess From Hong Kong (1967, 120 min, 1.85:1, directed by Charlie Chaplin)
The Appaloosa (1966, 98 min, 2.35:1, directed by Sidney Furie)
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Une leçon de cinéma, tout simplement ! - Gladiator
Les portes s'ouvrent, se referment, claquent, les acteurs entrent, sortent, se cachent... Un vaudeville en pleine mer ! Il fallait y penser. Et Chaplin l'a fait. Mieux, il réalise ici un modèle de comédie romantique, brillante, fine, intelligente, toujours drôle, parfois désopilante, jamais vulgaire ou marquée par son temps. Bref, une grande comédie à faire pâlir d'envie "Pretty Woman" le "Journal de Bridget Jones" ! Un monument qui prouve que Chaplin était aussi à l'aise dans le parlant que dans le muet. Un grand réalisateur. Tout simplement.Loren + Appaloosa = Lollapalooza - RoddyPiper
In The Appaloosa there are scenes that repeat in seemingly all of Brando’s movies. Early on there is the confession scene. In The Fugitive Kind I think the first scene is a confessional, in a courtroom confessing to the unseen judge, where Brando says he is ready to begin living life as he has decided it should be lived, with honour and courage. In On the Waterfront the confession scene may be in the back seat of a car, speaking to his older brother, where he says with Rod Steiger’s help he could have been somebody instead of a bum, which let’s face it is what he is. In Last Tango his confession is made on top of a coffin speaking to his dead wife. In The Appaloosa the confession is done in an actual confessional to a priest, owning up to sins of such gravity that Brando is lucky he did not get 12,000 Hail Mary’s and 10,000 Our Father’s. This is an entertaining Western, plus I think that watching Brando in his lesser movies gives an added dimension to his other roles, his greatest roles, where we can see how he has handled similar themes to reach the highest dimensions.
The Countess from Hong Kong is Sophia Loren absolutely gorgeous and that is probably enough reason to see it right there. The reviews thrown at this movie on its release, spewed out like rotten tomatoes, were just short-sighted baloney. The kindest view one can take of them is that the critics’ expectations were too high – they were disappointed because it was Charlie Chaplin’s first film in more than a decade, and because it featured two of the great modern stars, so they had in mind some combination of Modern Times and Streetcar Named Desire. Taking it as it is instead of expecting the Holy Grail, it is an enjoyable comedy, better than 90% of the comedies produced today. If you enjoy seeing the work of Brando and/or Loren, you should see it.
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Une leçon de cinéma, tout simplement ! - Gladiator
Les portes s'ouvrent, se referment, claquent, les acteurs entrent, sortent, se cachent... Un vaudeville en pleine mer ! Il fallait y penser. Et Chaplin l'a fait. Mieux, il réalise ici un modèle de comédie romantique, brillante, fine, intelligente, toujours ...Loren + Appaloosa = Lollapalooza - RoddyPiper
In The Appaloosa there are scenes that repeat in seemingly all of Brando’s movies. Early on there is the confession scene. In The Fugitive Kind I think the first scene is a confessional, in a courtroom confessing to the unseen judge, where Brando says he ...