Evaristo Márquez Explained

Evaristo Márquez
Birth Date:23 August 1939
Birth Place:San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia
Death Place:Cartagena, Colombia
Nationality:Colombian
Known For:Role as José Dolores in Burn!
Occupation:Actor

Evaristo Márquez (August 23, 1939 – June 15, 2013), was a Colombian actor and herdsman best known for his role as José Dolores[1] in the film Burn!,[2] [3] [4] acting alongside Marlon Brando under the direction of Gillo Pontecorvo.

Biography

Before his involvement with Pontecorvo he was a herdsman and illiterate.[5] Márquez appeared in three more movies during the 1970s.[6] With the decline of his film career, Márquez returned to work as a herdsman[7]
Of his experience with Brando, Márquez said "he never made me feel inferior to him, he regarded me as a brother", and "indeed, there was no one like Brando; that way of changing the expression of his face, of his eyes; even more, he was a brave man."[8] [9]
In 2008 Márquez appeared in Chimbumbe,[10] short film shown at the Cartagena Film Festival.
In August 2010 Márquez appeared in El Tambor Magico,[11] a short film made by San Basilio de Palenque children.

He lived in San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia. Marquez died at a hospital in Cartagena, Colombia on June 15, 2013. He was 73.[12] [13]

Filmography

Film

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ebert . Roger . April 13, 1969 . Pontecorvo: 'We Trust the Face of Brando' . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050323192106/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19690413/PEOPLE/41008001 . 2005-03-23 . Chicago Sun-Times . RogerEbert.com.
  2. Canby, Vincent. "The Screen: Marlon Brando and Black Revolution", The New York Times, New York, October 22, 1970. Retrieved 2010-09-16
  3. News: Scott . A. o . 2004-09-19 . Third World Revolution as a Product of Italian Design . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-07 . 0362-4331.
  4. Williams, John W. "Portraying Revolution: A Comparison of Burn and Cuba", Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 1996.
  5. Stone, A. Alan. "Last Battle", Boston Review, Boston, April 2004. Retrieved 2010-09-16
  6. Hunter, Stephen. "'Queimada': Revolution In Perpetual Motion", The Washington Post, Washington, Friday October 15, 2004; Page C04. Retrieved 2010-09-19
  7. Web site: El Universal . 2022-10-07 . www.eluniversal.com.co . ES-es.
  8. http://www.eluniversal.com.co/v2/sincelejo/sociales/40-anos-despues-de-la-quemada
  9. http://actualidad.hemeracomunicar.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8484:santiago-cruz-hoyos&catid=60:cultura&Itemid=115 "El escudero de Marlon Brando"
  10. http://www.festicinecartagena.org/en/detail.cfm?id_pelicula=375 "FICCI"
  11. News: Niños de San Basilio de Palenque graban sus sueños en cortometraje . . 21 August 2010 . 13 December 2013 . Spanish.
  12. Web site: Falleció Evaristo Márquez, actor palenquero que compartió pantalla con Marlon Brando.
  13. Web site: Heraldo . El . Falleció Evaristo Márquez, actor palenquero que compartió pantalla con Marlon Brando . 2022-10-07 . EL HERALDO . es.

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