In APOCALYPSE NOW, having survived an episodic Odyssey through the Heart of Darkness itself, Martin Sheen, as Captain Willard, finds himself, at long last, face to face with the man he's been sent to kill- the "renegade," Colonel Kurtz. His head shaven, as comfortable in the shadows as a leper, Kurtz speaks frankly to Willard about his mission in a compelling voice that rarely rises above a low conversational whisper. It's THAT voice that grabs Willard, and it's THAT voice that we hear again and again in LISTEN TO ME MARLON- and it's THAT voice that lends this documentary an almost Apocalyptic feel. Brando speaks frankly throughout, and it's always compelling. The eerie three-dimensional digital image of Brando lends the proceedings an even EERIER tone. "There is something sinister about film," writes Norman Mailer in THE SPOOKY ART. Of Brando, he says: "He seemed to have a charged subtext... the subtext- the emotion of the words he was using behind the words... that was what gave an unruly, all but uncontrolled, and smoldering air of menace to all that he did." As fascinating a document as they come, LISTEN TO ME MARLON is must-see.
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