Martin Scorsese on ’One-Eyed Jacks’ | NYFF54

Martin Scorsese introduced a screening of Marlon Brando’s sole directorial effort, ’One-Eyed Jacks’ (1961), during the 54th New York Film Festival. He and Steven Spielberg recently oversaw a restoration of the film, which is now playing at Film Forum. The only film directed by Marlon Brando, an adaptation of Charles Neider’s novel (inspired by the life of Billy the Kid), is an unorthodox western that’s as fresh, unpredictable, and physical as Brando’s lead performance. This visually stunning production—the