PRAISE for MARLON BRANDO: HOLLYWOOD REBEL PUBLISHED BY APPLAUSE THEATRE & CINEMA BOOKS
“Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel vividly illustrates why Brando is still speaking to us, impacting us, and showing us why he was so ahead of his time a hundred years after he was born. Kearns colorfully examines how the man who perfected the 'Method' and the fine art of rebellion methodically transformed popular culture, and the countless ways his influence endures.”
RAY RICHMOND AUTHOR, SYNDICATED ENTERTAINMENT WRITER-CRITIC & UNIVERSITY LECTURER
“With so many books on Brando today, what else can be said? Burt shows how Brando not only inspired countless actors but also was such a strong influence on art, music, political activism, and fashion, to name just a few ! If you're a Brando fan, you've got to get this book!”
“Over the years there have been countless books on the life and work of the legendary Marlon Brando. With the 100th anniversary of his birth upon us, Burt Kearns has come up with probably the best of the bunch. Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel does infinitely more than retell the same old legends OF PREVIOUS TOMES. Kearns has put together THE most unique exploration of Brando's staggering influence. It’s a wonder it hasn't been done before. Thankfully, it was left to the furtive mind of Mr. Kearns. MARLON BRANDO: HOLLYWOOD REBEL belongs on the bookshelf of anyone fascinated by film, culture, and society at large. An astounding work!”
“Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel is a testament to the enduring influence of Marlon Brando and the passion he continues to inspire in his fans, colleagues, admirers, and imitators. Burt Kearns's enthusiasm for his subject shines through on every page!”
“As one of the few American adults whom Marlon Brando did not attempt to take to bed, Burt Kearns is uniquely positioned to write an impartial biography. In Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel he delivers and then some, producing a crisp, lively book that’s sure to send readers straight to archival footage of Brando, as well as his many successors.”
“Burt Kearns has done it again with this diligently-researched and eloquently-presented experience. Just as Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy allowed us to go on and off the wagon with one of Hollywood's most problematic tough guys, MARLON BRANDO: Hollywood Rebel allows us to time travel through decades with the ‘Godfather’ of rock ’n’ roll aesthetics and style and punk rock attitude as he and his art influence pop culture and provoke social change. If you want to know where Marlon Brando was born, you read a biography. If you want to know that he fisted Tennessee Williams' toilet, you read Burt Kearns.”
“While The Wild One didn't turn out to be the socially conscious film that Marlon Brando thought it could be, Burt Kearns demonstrates in Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel that The Wild One almost immediately reached an unparalleled level of influence in the American youth culture of the 1950s and beyond. Influencing outlaw motorcycle culture, renowned musicians from Elvis Presley to the Beatles to the Ramones, counterculture filmmakers, leather and denim fashion designers, artists like Andy Warhol, and countless others, The Wild One lit a fuse on a cultural through line that starts from the 1953 premiere of the movie that endures to the present. Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel is a fascinating assessment of Brando's continuing influence on global pop culture and Kearns compellingly ranks The Wild One as a contender for one of the most influential films ever unleashed in American cinema.”
