On the Waterfront is a film directed by Elia Kazan which illustrate the difficulties that the protagonist‚ Terry Malloy‚ has struggled in the early period of 1950s. Terry Malloy was a former prize-fighter who was bought up in a dark and brutal world of men. Since his career has ruined by the corrupted union which was controlled by Johnny Friendly‚ Terry was being recognized as a ‘bum’ within both the longshoremen and the mobs. This poor environment has created a false philosophy within Terry himself
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Terry overcomes the role of bum that others have marked out for him‚ do you agree? Terry is the main character in the movie‚ ‘On the Waterfront’. Terry is called a bum many times throughout the movie‚ for different reasons. Terry tries to convince himself that he is not a bum‚ although he opens up towards the end of the movie‚ and finally admits that he is one. Terry’s brother Charley and Johnny Friendly are shown to be responsible for Terry’s role as a bum. Although it is open to interpretation
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On the Waterfront is the battle between good and evil.” Do you agree? The film On the Waterfront directed by Elia Kazan depicts the conflict between righteous and evil in 1954. The dock workers live under the fear of Johnny Friendly‚ the leader of the corrupt mob run union. The antagonist Johnny Friendly requires complete loyalty from not only the longshoremen but also his henchmen‚ in order to maintain his power in the waterfront community‚ he does not allow any betrayal or even the idea of
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extent do you agree with this view? Johnny Friendly‚ the corrupt leader of the Hoboken Waterfront 1950s‚ New York is mostly depicted as a cliched gangster in the film On the Waterfront. He is larger than life‚ manipulative‚ controlling and a man who is driven by power and greed‚ all aspects clearly linked to the typical portrayal of villains of the 1940s and 50s films in America. Despite this‚ director Elia Kazan presents a side of Friendly that audiences are capable of feeling some compassion for
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Miller’s own life. In his autobiography‚ Timebends: A Life‚ Arthur Miller defines the trajectory of this turbulent chapter of his life that began with his curiosity in a new longshoremen’s movement trying to clean up the corruption on the Brooklyn waterfront: Out of it would come a movie script (never to be produced); a play‚ A View from the Bridge; and a trip to Hollywood‚ where I would meet an unknown young actress‚ Marilyn Monroe‚ and at the same time come into direct collision with the subterranean
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On the waterfront‚ is a 1954 American film about union violence and corruption amongst longshoreman. Directed by Elia Kazan‚ the film follows the character Terry Malloy‚ who stands up to the mob to ultimately make the waterfront a better place for everyone that works there. Terry Malloy‚ the protagonist of the film‚ is an unlikely hero‚ and posses many qualities that make him able to stand against the mobs control of the waterfront. Terry always thoroughly thinks out the situation before acting
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Desire (1951) was a play by Tennessee Williams who also wrote the play The Glass Menagerie. It was a film of anger‚ loneliness‚ and shame. Every actor in the film made his or her own brilliant performance. The director was Elia Kazan who also directed movies like On the Waterfront‚ Splendor in the Grass‚ and East of Eden. The film stared Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois‚ Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski‚ Kim Hunter as Stella Kowalski‚ and Karl Malden as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell. Blanche Dubois‚ who
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‘Without the influence of Edie‚ Terry would not have achieved redemption’. Do you agree? On the Waterfront details the story of a reluctant hero‚ Terry Malloy‚ as he grapples with his conscience and ultimately attains redemption through an act of unbridled resistance against the corrupt waterfront union. As Terry comes to terms with his burgeoning ethical imperatives‚ the influences of others‚ especially that of Edie and Father Barry are of paramount importance. However‚ it is Edie Doyle‚ who through
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effectively does the film portray the key themes and characters of Williams play? In 1949‚ Tennessee Williams released a novel entitled “A Streetcar named Desire”. Two years later Elia Kazan directed and released a movie based on the novel. She tried to recreate the film as closely as she could to the written play. How well did Kazan do this? Did she leave out key parts or did she cover them all? Did she model the characters perfectly according to the novel? Was she spot on or was she way off mark? Does
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Streetcar Named Desire is written by Tennessee Williams‚ and later filmed by Elia Kazan as director in 1951. The play depicts a story of Blanche Dubois‚ who is exiled from her hometown and go to her sister Stella for shelter‚ loses her mind due to her inappropriate and flirtatious behavior and intense desires of love‚ beauty and youth. In order to present such human tragedy on the movie screen‚ director of the film‚ Elia Kazan‚ make elaborate and meticulous choices‚ arrangement and organization the setting
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