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KAZAN, ranked.

By: Drew.

I think Kazan is one of the most underrated directors ever. Along with Bergman and Dreyer he is one of the few who consistently knows how to pull such immense emotions out of me. I love the first ten, and like the last two. East of Eden and On the Waterfront are both in my top 10 films of all time. I think that says something about my love for Kazan

If I could make East of Eden and On the Waterfront tied I would.

TO SEE:
The Arrangementavailable on DVD from NetFlix
The Last Tycoonown on DVD

 

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joey Noodles

26Mar13

How did you see Baby Doll?

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    Drew.

    27Mar13

    I'm lucky enough to own the OOP dvd. You can get it pretty cheap on Amazon.

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Renee Hirshfield

22Dec10

SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS is my favorite movie, period. As for WILD RIVER, I believe it to be one of the most underrated of Kazan's films, possibly because of its longtime unavailability on DVD. (It shows up occasionally on the Fox Movie Channel.) At least the newly released box set of Kazan's films enables a wider audience to discover WILD RIVER, along with other previously unavailable titles such as A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN. By the way, I have loved EAST OF EDEN since I first saw it, when I was 12. And in my early and brief mini-career as a film critic/historian in New York in the 1970s, the editor of a local, long-defunct film publication asked me to write an article about ON THE WATERFRONT. I called it "The Agony of Kazan's Informer." One last comment: Just before the release of THE LAST TYCOON, I was walking somewhere near West 57th Street in Manhattan and spotted Elia Kazan, whose office was in the area. New Yorkers pride themselves on not being starstruck, so I just made quick eye contact and walked past. To this day, I regret with all my heart that I did not stop to tell Kazan how much I revered his work.

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Sarah Karina-Bogart

8Dec10

Totally agree on the top 5.

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Kurt Walker

7Dec10

Will be exploring these soon. Solid stuff Drew!

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