DCist: Popcorn & Candy: Coulda Been, Shoulda Been

Ian Buckwalter

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:28:26 -0500

I knew that would rile you up after the Trumbo thread a few weeks back, Monkey. If I had to think about the personal life or politics of the people who make movies, I wouldn't be able to enjoy Airplane!, or Die Hard, or pretty much anything by Woody Allen. What fun is that? Besides, it's rather remarkable that Kazan could turn such a lame excuse for his deplorable behavior into such a great film. Sort of like what Woody did with Manhattan?

monkeyrotica

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:21:39 -0500

Screw Kazan and his stoolie jeremiad. All On the Waterfront does for me is appreciate the likes of Dashiell Hammett and Ring Lardner Jr. and Edward Dmytryk, who had the balls to tell HUAC to go f**k itself with a white hot stick. Streetcar Named Desire was a better crafted film, anyway, with richer performances for the same bunch of actors. I'll take Brando and a stick of butter over this stylized self-fellating.