On the Waterfront
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
On the Waterfront
The more I see Elia Kazan's movies the more I'm comforted and stroked by a Hollywood that always takes good care of its pictures. On the Waterfront is like a dog show, except instead of dogs it's labor unions, and instead of Alpo it's acting, and still the coats are all glossy and shining. Joan Didion, from "Good Citizens":
Social problems present themselves to many of these people in terms of a scenario, in which, once certain key scenes are licked...the plot will proceed inexorably to an upbeat fade.
The scene with Rod Steiger, in the car, "I coulda been somebody," is nice, though.
posted by Greg Purcell @ 6:09 PM,
