wolfpangs | ...which is what I am.

Watching the Daily Show's fine McCain bio film, which used clips of Marlon Brando brilliantly to chart the changes in McCain's life, I realized something anew...and that was: Gotdam, Brando was so damn good. I think many people don't really realize that because they've never seen it. They've seen his later stuff or the lurid tabloid pieces or a million bad impressions. Lord knows I have. But seriously, he was the living end. On the Waterfront, in which he plays a failed boxer, features one of his most famous lines, definitely one of those in the "million bad impressions" category. This scene was clipped for the McCain piece and although they show only like, two seconds, I tear up every time. Brando was so, so good and so beautiful.

Holy shit, my emotions. I'm going to rewatch this today, I think.

EDIT: Oops, I must have been sleepier than I thought. Sorry about the double post!