On the Waterfront: Directed by Elia Kazan. With Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger. An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to conne
And if you don't think Christ is down here on the waterfront you've got another guess coming! Father Barry : You'd better get rid of that gun, unless you haven't got the guts, and if you don't, you'd better hang on to it! Father Barry : Isn't it simple as one, two, ...
All of these characters are very theatrically played, and yet the raw reality of the dockside settings in Hoboken, New Jersey, near New York City, lend a quasi-neo-realistic feeling to the proceedings. But the five perspectives listed here form the basis of an ethical/moral debate that is ...
Kazan throughout the movie tries to demonstrate his theories and philosophies though his main characters Premium On the Waterfront 966 Words 4 Pages Good Essays Read More On the Waterfront On The Waterfront (1954) Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter‚ while tending his ...
"When I think of this film, I think of two scenes: first, Diane Keaton and Woody Allen's characters struggling to cook lobsters; second, Woody's Alvy going for Easter lunch with Annie's relatives and us seeing how they all see him as a rabbi. The rapport between Woody and Diane is ...
Kazan, who later made classics like A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) andOn the Waterfront(1954), deftly showcased his directorial acumen in this breakthrough ‘disease’ narrative. The filmmaker uses the impending doom of a plague to delve into the problems lying beneath the idyllic view of Amer...
and even resurrecting previously dead characters to the mix. Supposedly there is a director’s cut that makes this visually striking but narratively incoherent sequel easier to follow but I’ve never worked up the courage to sit through it. For me, as with Highlanders, there can be only one...
research on two different types of historic waterfront settlements in Wuyuan and South of Yangtze River,explains that there are "living on water" and "living in water" two typical waterfront settlement organization methods,and analyzes the difference on the spatial and landscape characters therefrom.关...
The stay at the hospital is filled with an interesting cast of characters Patrick pointed out that the curtness we were often initially met with, might be a communication issue. Many locals in the Canaries speak English but they will often add, “Just a little.” Their little English is us...
Some characters look like the words they represent. Mouth, for instance, looks like this: 囗 Not impossible to imagine that’s a mouth, right? Right. Others have little connection. This is the character for good or well: 好 The bits of that character break down into woman and child. A...