Comments on: 40’s movies marathon – part 95

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Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:47:46 +0000

[…] Blimp (1943), for that motorcycle scene at the beginning, also A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), really anything by Powell & […]

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Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:46:15 +0000

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By: Bjørn Stærk

Bjørn Stærk — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:57:35 +0000

Actually Kazan may be best remembered today for his testimony to the unamerican activities committee, where he revealed the names of people he knew when he was in the Communist Party.

Having seen some of the pro-Communist movies made during the war, I’m a little bit more sympathetic to people who did that. Mission to Moscow, for instance, shows Stalin as the kind, wise father of Russia. The tragedy is of course that such movies were made with official encouragement, (and also that McCarthy was insane etc.)

By: Sprudlum

Sprudlum — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:50:43 +0000

Elia Kazan not so well known ?

I thought he was. In addition to those you mention, he directed ‘On the Waterfront’ with Marlon Brando, and ‘Splendor in the Grass’. ‘On the Waterfront’ is surely one of the big ones in movie history.

By: Konrad

Konrad — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:26:18 +0000

Hmm, yes, Ozu is regarded as one of the great japanese, no great success in the west.

Kazan is not so well known as a director, although his Tennessee Williams’ directions and of course East of Eden are.