Brando's fame and misfortune

Listen to Me Marlon (2015) is a documentary about Brando that doesn't dwell on his celebrity but, rather, tries to examine his personality, to figure out where he came from, what drove him to fame, and how fame drove him to become somewhat of a recluse. We see quite a few clips from his films - many of them terrific, making it obvious why he was such a star, many also ridiculous, making it obvious that even the top stars had to take on really bad parts in order to stay in the game. The highlight of the film is its use of a  # of audiotapes that Brando made over the years, in which he speculates about the role of the artist - apparently these had not been heard before; not sure how the director (Stevan Riley, sic, had to look it up) got access but there it is. There's also some interesting childhood footage, some clips from interviews in which Brando talked about his tough father and this alcoholic mother who abandoned him at an early age. And there's a clip from some TV interview show (Edward R Murrow maybe?) in which Brando appears, very awkwardly, alongside his aged father. Not sure what the message is in the end, but may be something like acting was for him, and maybe for many other stars, a way to heal a wound or fill a void; also, acting is a craft that required a lot of study and practice. And also, the true stars are really of a different order of being: When we see him in Streetcar, On the Waterfront, The Godfather, and maybe to a lesser extent in Guys and Dolls and even Apocalypse Now (even tho Coppola apparently indicated that Brando was nearly impossible to work with), we see how he made a movie his own, totally dominated the screen - like Welles, the only near counterpart I can think of. The movie also touches on the tragedy of his life - the murder charge against his son, his daughter's suicide, headline items from years ago now mostly forgotten - which carries the familiar schadenfreud (sp?) message that with great success often comes great suffering. The famous are different from you and me.