8 Films From 2015 That Will Be Viewed As Classics In Years To Come
2. Listen To Me Marlon
Because: It creates an astonishing portrait of the best to ever do it, masterfully put together with existing material from the actor's life and career. Comprised entirely of film footage, interviews, and the thousands of hours of audio recordings Marlon Brando made in his life, Listen To Me Marlon presents the actors life in the form of a memory, one which jumps back and forth throughout his career to create a haunting, dreamlike picture. Deftly handled by writer, director, and editor, Steven Riley, this documentary breaks formal convention to show Brando as a difficult, troubled genius, one burdened by his childhood and his family and his increasingly fragile state of mind. It seems strange to call a film about the greatest actor of all time a tragedy, but thats exactly what Listen To Me Marlon is, and its made clear by Rileys expert compilation of material that Brandos greatest roles were all born out of sorrow. Soundtracked by Brandos distinctive, melancholy voice, the film attains a deeper sense of sadness than most standard biographical documentaries ever could, and by the end-credits the film becomes something closer to a delicate, rhythmic elegy.
