In a 1973 interview on The Dick Cavett Show , enigmatic acting icon Marlon Brando was asked about his life spent in “ excess ” and “ lust .” What did the actor have to say about it? “ I don’t think it’s worth going into ,” he said. Brando then did his best to steer the conversation towards Native American rights and a critique of the perpetuation of fluff in celebrity culture, a perpetuation he saw Dick Cavett as being particularly culpable in.

Waltzing With Brando , which sees Billy Zane as the larger-than-life figure, begins with Brando’s appearance on the show — but just to dramatize that brief moment in which Brando patently refuses to discuss his very real, very notable indulgences. Brando here does not get into his politics, his defense of indigenous rights, his scourge ag

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