Wonderful -- Marlon Brando, The Real Deal
Marlon and I got to be friends in a weird way -- via an AOL chat room in the early 90s and then via email and IM -- but one that allowed him to see that I could be trusted as a real friend, which I was. (I had no idea who he was for many months, until I told him I'd be offline for a freelance job in LA, and we ended up meeting and hanging out and then becoming offline friends, too.) More about this in "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck."
This, below, is a new documentary about Marlon -- Marlon as the people who knew and loved him saw and heard (and probably also some of the Marlon that those who were frustrated and angry with him saw and heard).
Basically, this is Marlon talking as Marlon (meaning not on bullshit Hollywood interviews about films). It's from recordings collected from friends and all over the place. This is not some trash documentary.
Avra and Austin, from Marlon's estate, whom I know and trust, were very involved, and I tried to get them some audio but I couldn't find it. (I had old answering machine tapes with messages from Marlon, but I still have no idea what I did with them.) Twins researcher Nancy Segal, however, did give them a voicemail message from Marlon -- no idea whether it made it into the film, though.
And I have to say, he'd leave the most marvelous and hilarious answering machine messages. He was hilarious and brilliant and an emotional savant in a way really nobody I've ever met was. And he was a good friend and believed in me as a writer before anybody did.
Nice personal story Amy. Thanks.
Bob in Texasr at June 11, 2015 6:37 AM
You are known by the friends you keep ...
Jay R at June 11, 2015 11:17 AM
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