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Vendredi, juin 18th, 2010
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If you want to know why Marlon Brando inspired and influenced an entire generation of actors, notice On the Waterfront. His Terry Malloy is exact down to his fingernails. Brando in his prime took and held the shroud like no one else, absolutely magnetic, whether as a seeming uncaring pug with unawakened nobility in his heart (Terry) or a Mexican revolutionary (stare Viva Zapata) or a racist jet ace (Sayonara) or whatever.
Matching Brando is a perfect cast. Karl Malden, Eve Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Lee J. Cobb, there isn’t a missed sign or lesser performance from any of them, not to mention the thugs and real-life dockworkers surrounding them. Elia Kazan was an actor’s director, and his skill at eliciting grand performance is nowhere more evident than here. He also knew how to create a movie, and his work with the camera and pacing is first rate. The B&W photography is gritty, comely and serves to locate the film in time and location while eliminating distraction from the performances.
You must know the tale by now, culled from the sincere dockside union problems of the day, Budd Schulberg & Kazan fashioned a yarn that is about courage, loyalty (misplaced and otherwise), responsibilty and the willingness to stand up for something, stand alone if need be, and in that stance to risk the mistrust and misunderstanding and ostracism of your friends, your society, and the loss of your site in the world and even your life. They created a remarkable melodrama of greed & corruption, of the struggle with compromise and conscience, of loss and redemption.
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Frankly, this is unbiased enormous movie making. It isn’t done any better than this, and if for some reason you have never seen this film, treat yourself to excellence.
This is one of the best, don’t miss it, and don’t miss one of our greatest actors in his prime.
Columbia continues its downward spiral where its classic DVD output is concerned. “On The Waterfront” is not only a mammoth Academy Award winning film, it is an American icon. The set is concerned with a union stooge, Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) who eventually realizes that the intimidation racket of his boss, Johnny Estimable (Lee J. Cobb) is an defective and destructive force in his community. Eva Marie Saint costars as Edie Doyle, the sister of a man who was thrown off of a rooftop on Grand? s orders. It is partially through her worship and the stoic commitment of Father Barry (Carl Malden) that Terry reforms his ways. Rod Steiger is particularly effective as Charley Malloy, Terry? s brother.
Quite simply: this transfer is a let down. Difference levels are extremely outrageous, delicate details are lost in video noise reduction enhancement and digital grit, grain and noise are detected throughout. The gray scale is poorly balanced. Scratches, chips and distortions in the novel camera negative stick out like a coast thumb. The audio is mono and undistinguished. It’s not a unpleasant mix, though there are moments where a runt background assure crops up. No extras! Oh, advance on Columbia. This is one of your BEST PICTURES and it gets this kind of treatment on DVD?!? It? could’a been a contenda’!?
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