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...moreWhat sets On the Waterfront apart from more conventional melodrama, besides the emotional force of its storytelling, happens between the lines of the story… “On the Waterfront is no more about the real business of the docks…than Hamlet is an exposé of corruption in the medieval Danish court,” writes filmmaker Michael Almereyda.
In 1957, Truman Capote had done it again.
Written for The New Yorker, “The Duke in His Domain” dissolved the absolute mystery surrounding Marlon Brando. And of course, it was Capote, and The New Yorker, so the writing was rich as chocolate cake, and the source unquestionable.
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Marlon Brando was the greatest film actor of the 20th century, and a failure.
...more“I’m praying that you’ll buy On the Road and make a movie of it…. I visualize the beautiful shots could be made with the camera on the front seat of the car showing the road (day and night) unwinding into the windshield, as Sal and Dean yak….
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“The purpose of war is to kill as many of the enemy’s civilians as you can until they surrender.” –Col. John Harbert
John Harbert was my grandfather, my hero, a veteran of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
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