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For a near-championship boxer to fall from the limelight after a defeat is fairly common, but to lose due to his own brother betting against him is unheard of. Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront portrays the role of this former fighter living his life as a bum under a local mob boss. This movie stands out from how movies are portrayed today. It didn’t have a lot of fast chase scenes, immense battles, or over-the-top special effects. This movie focused on its characters, by portraying their reactions

Gustavo Martinez 10/3/17 Period 3 Streetcar Film Analysis Elia Kazan directed the film A Streetcar Named Desire and produce by Warner Brothers in 1951. The novel was originally written by Tennessee Williams and promoted as a play in 1947 and turned into a film later through out its success . The awards received were the Pulitzer price award in 1948 and was nominated for best motion picture, best writing and screen play. The novel was basically about a former English school teacher named Blanche

In Elia Kazan’s “On the Waterfront,” we see that to some extent that people do prefer security to justice. This film focuses on the balance between our moral conscience, and our need for survival. It explores how much we are influenced by our own need for survival compared to our sense of justice. Kazan, utilizes characters like Terry, to explore the limits of human tolerance and the conscience. He depicts a world shrouded in a blanket of fog and mist, which masks the criminality, corruption and

Alayna was greeted by one of Elia’s handmaidens, who had come to open the door, allowing her to enter. The meek girl, then, lead the lady from the Reach towards lounge where Elia and Ashara reclined, waiting for Alayna to join them for the evening meal. Upon first inspection both women appeared more subdued than they had been earlier in the day. Normally, Alayna would’ve chalked up their mellow demeanor as a result of the waning hours of the evening. Afterall, they had spent the majority of the day

It’s crazy to think how two people’s lives could be so intertwined. Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan, two completely different people with clashing personalities and morals, have one of the most complicated relationships in Hollywood history. With the same childhood, the same love interest, and same event that would make or break their career, the lives of these men were more intertwined than they had ever hoped or planned to be. Before Miller and Kazan had even met, their childhood proved to be somewhat

Elia Kazan and Arthur Miller had been good friends for quite a long time. Miller and Kazan could have made some of the best films and plays in the world, but they let things come between them. They worked on films and plays together. They had a professional and personal relationship, however The Red Scare destroyed that. The threat of communism also broke them apart. Arthur Miller was a playwright who wrote plays such as “The Crucible” and “Death of a Salesman”. Miller was a kind man and wanted

In the realist film, On The Waterfront, Elia Kazan offers the audience an exploration of what it means to value individual conscience in the pursuit of justice. Set across from New York City, Kazan's tense expose of organised corruption in the 1950's follows the protagonist, Terry Malloy, as he struggles to choose between his loyalties in a world filled with dishonesty and trepidation. Although it may seem that many of the characters are bound to silence by fear and corruption, Kazan implies that

the Salem Witch Trials that were held in the late 1600’s. Elia Kazan and Arthur Miller both played major roles in the creation of the play. Miller wrote the play, while Kazan directed it. They were an excellent team. Their close relationship is was shaped the play into something extraordinary. They used new techniques to capture the recreation of the trials. The two were ahead of their time; this caused jealousy amongst their peers. Elia was described by The New York Times as, “one of the most

Death of a Salesman is a tragedy in the sense that it displays the consequences of commitment of one 's life towards an idealistic goal such as the American Dream. Willy Loman fails to see that he is an unsuccessful salesman and to escape that harsh reality, he constantly reminisces his past. Which beg the question, is Willy Loman a tragic hero? He may not be a conventional tragic hero but he indeed had a downfall however, he wasn’t in a distinguished position to say the least. He was everybody yet

Socio-political Message in the “On the Waterfront” and “Salt of the Earth” On the Waterfront and the Salt of the Earth both were filmed in the 1954. The first movie shows a waterfront with a dockworkers’ union that was totally controlled by the mafia. Criminal boss Johnny Friendly did everything to make workers follow the rule “D and D” or “deaf and dumb”. Dockworker Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) indirectly helped to kill Joey Doyle who decided to testify against Friendly before the Crime Commission