If you like Hitchens, you might enjoy this post of Mark Steyn on Brando. Ouch! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1165048/posts
"On that first night of Streetcar on Broadway, his mother sent a telegram: "Try not to make an ass of yourself. Mom." By the time he waddled into frame on Don Juan De Marco, he'd made himself literally the biggest ass in Hollywood. He should have listened to mum."
Ouch is right. He's dead-on, too. Brando's best work were in multiple character dramas, or well-directed features. His lousy movies were truly *lousy*.