Viva Zapata

Marlon Brando   d/ Elia Kazan

I wish I hadn't seen this. How could you take a story about a Mexican revolutionary, cast the most dynamic, charismatic actor of his generation, get a screenplay written by John Steinbeck and hire one of hollywood's best directors...and come up with schlock?

I suppose this was a product of the time (1952)...but still... This was four years after The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and that one still resonates. This wasn't bad so much...it was just lame, corny and a bit embarrassing...sigh...

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