Click on title to link to re-enactment of Zero Mostel's testimony before HUAC. Never forget what happened in that last red scare, that long reign of the night-takers in the Cold War night. Ever.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
* The Saga Of A Great Filmmaker And Unrepetant "Snitch" -The Unlamented Elia Kazan
Click on title to link to "Boston Sunday Globe", July 26, 2009, article by Ty Burr about the famous (or rather, from these quarters, infamous) Hollywood filmmaker and "snitch"(they go together)Elia Kazan.
Markin comment:
Hey, I've watch almost every film that Mr. Burr lists here made that was directed by Elia Kazan. (Who can forget Tennessee William's "Streetcar Named Desire" or the seemingly autobiographical "On The Waterfront" He was a great filmmaker, for the most part. On that part there is no disagreement. What I have trouble with is that he "snitched" on his fellow Communist Party members in Hollywood during the post World War II red scare.
No alibis, please. Many others went to prison, lost jobs and faced other forms of harassment rather than give up their friends. Whole generations of disillusioned Stalinists (and other types of leftists), sad to say, have walked away from communist politics for a whole variety of reasons, including disgust. But they did not "drop the dime" as they left-they just walked away and went on with their lives. There is a very special spot reserved in communist "hell" waiting for Mr.Kazan. And that is as it should be. Never forgive, never forget- Elia Kazan "snitch".
Markin comment:
Hey, I've watch almost every film that Mr. Burr lists here made that was directed by Elia Kazan. (Who can forget Tennessee William's "Streetcar Named Desire" or the seemingly autobiographical "On The Waterfront" He was a great filmmaker, for the most part. On that part there is no disagreement. What I have trouble with is that he "snitched" on his fellow Communist Party members in Hollywood during the post World War II red scare.
No alibis, please. Many others went to prison, lost jobs and faced other forms of harassment rather than give up their friends. Whole generations of disillusioned Stalinists (and other types of leftists), sad to say, have walked away from communist politics for a whole variety of reasons, including disgust. But they did not "drop the dime" as they left-they just walked away and went on with their lives. There is a very special spot reserved in communist "hell" waiting for Mr.Kazan. And that is as it should be. Never forgive, never forget- Elia Kazan "snitch".
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