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If only Kim Novak…

posted 2 years ago by ecbpdx (22)
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…could have played Kathie. It would have added so much appeal to the movie.
This film hasn’t held up like other movies of the 50s, e.g. Streetcar, Rebel Without a Cause, and Vertigo.
Brando’s pudgy belly and fat bottom in this film don’t seem very cool for a young rebel. He was much more fit in Streetcar.

—Just some observations upon rewatching the movie after 40 years.

[–] MoviesStillSuck (560) a year ago

I watched it for the first time last night, and actually quite liked Kathie. She left me wishing that pointy bras and soft sweaters were still en vogue. A lot of the rebels did just seem like annoying, needy actors, though, and Brando’s hat was the complete opposite of cool. Overall, I’d give the movie an 8/10.