Why are there no other posters here? I just watched this movie today. Another tremendous performance by Brando. He is an absolute pleasure to watch on screen. The ending caught me by surprise. A real Greek tragedy with tons of irony. You really have to see this flick if you are a fan of Brando and the classics. It reminded me alot of A Streetcar Named Desire.
sharei just watched it for the first time...and thought it was a good movie. but a little too slowly paced for my taste. dark, hopeless atmosphere and constant state of agitation of all characters made the conclusion inevitable, not shocking.
so 7 seems about right to me. i like brando...perhaps if i had a crush on him i would go higher.
fwiw...sidney lumet himself said in an interview that he did not think it was a great film. partly b/c he believed in rehearsals and magnani did not, so he cut them short.
Just watched The Fugitive Kind for the first time last night, and was pleasantly surprised. The film is rarely mentioned in neither the Tennessee Williams nor the Sidney Lumet canons, but it should. Same for Brando.
The film is beautifully shot by the great Boris Kauffman, who had worked with Lumet before, as well as on a Williams project, Baby Doll. The acting is superb, Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani, Maureen Stapleton, and others. Some on the film's board complained about the acting being over the top, but what do you expect in a Tennessee Williams adaptation.
I had so seldom thought about this film that I had to look it up when I saw it on the MGM television schedule a few days ago. But a great discovery, for anyone interested in any, or all, of the names mentioned above.
"Sometimes you have to take the bull by the tail, and face the truth" - G. Marx
I think this is a great film, too (in fact, most of Tennessee Williams' play adaptations are extraordinary films. Baby Doll, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Rose Tattoo are some of my personal favorite films, particularly Baby Doll and The Rose Tattoo.
In my opinion, this is Brando's best work next to Streetcar, better than On the Waterfront, The Wild One...I could not disagree more with critics who whine that he chewed the place up. I cannot imagine anyone else carrying this role except possibly Gary Oldman. The odd chemistry between him and Anna Magnani (another phenomenal talent) is perhaps the most powerful artistic collaboration I have ever seen on film. Anna Magnani was also brilliant with Burt Lancaster in The Rose Tattoo. Sad that her canon is so short because I think she was one of the greatest actresses of all time.