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Tag: Elia Kazan

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HIGH NOON ON THE WATERFRONT

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 Michael J. Casey

October marks the 75th anniversary of Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo’s refusal to answer the House on Un-American Activities Committee’s question: “Have … Continue reading HIGH NOON ON THE WATERFRONT

Boulder Weekly, Cinema 101

Cinema 101

September 21, 2022September 20, 2022 Michael J. Casey

I guess you could say the low point arrived on March 27, 2022, with the broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards. No, the “slap heard ’round the world” wasn’t it—though that cast a pall over the proceedings, didn’t it?—but the … Continue reading Cinema 101

In Their Words

Born On This Day — September 7, 1909

September 7, 2014November 11, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The only good and original films I’ve made were made after my testimony. Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it. —Elia Kazan Continue reading Born On This Day — September 7, 1909

In Their Words

Born On This Day — September 7

September 7, 2013December 8, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The process of writing and directing drives you to such extremes that it’s natural to feel an affinity with insanity. I approach that madness as something dangerous and I’m afraid, but also I want to go to it, to see … Continue reading Born On This Day — September 7

In Their Words

In Their Words — Wednesday, December 26, 2012

December 26, 2012December 23, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I became a film director out of admiration, out of wanting to be like that—hero worship. I think it’s the most wonderful art in the world. —Elia Kazan Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, December 26, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Wednesday, October 24, 2012

October 24, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The camera is more than a recorder, it’s a microscope. It penetrates, it goes into people and you see their most private and concealed thoughts. —Elia Kazan Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, October 24, 2012

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