Evaristo Márquez (August 23, 1939 – June 15, 2013) was a Colombian actor and herdsman best known for his role as José Dolores in the film Burn!,Canby, Vincent. "The Screen: Marlon Brando and Black Revolution", The New York Times, New York, October 22, 1970. Retrieved 2010-09-16Williams, John W. "Portraying Revolution: A Comparison of Burn and Cuba" , Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 1996. acting alongside Marlon Brando under the direction of Gillo Pontecorvo.
Biography Before his involvement with Pontecorvo he was a herdsman and illiterate.Stone, A. Alan. "Last Battle" , Boston Review, Boston, April 2004. Retrieved 2010-09-16 Márquez appeared in three more movies during the 1970s.Hunter, Stephen. "'Queimada': Revolution In Perpetual Motion", The Washington Post, Washington, Friday October 15, 2004; Page C04. Retrieved 2010-09-19 With the decline of his film career, Márquez returned to work as a herdsman 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.""El escudero de Marlon Brando", November 23, 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-19 In 2008 Márquez appeared in Chimbumbe,"FICCI", Cartagena Film Festival. short film shown at the Cartagena Film Festival. In August 2010 Márquez appeared in El Tambor Magico, 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.
Filmography
Film El Tambor Magico (2010) Chimbumbe (2008) Mulato (1974) Cumbia (1973) Arde (1971) Il dio serpente (1970) Burn! (1969) as José Dolores
References
External links
Burn! at Film Forum Violence and the wretched: The cinema of Gillo Pontecorbo