Film Forum
209 W Houston St
212.727.8110
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Oct 9, 2009 – Oct 29, 2009
Daily (schedule)
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- Price
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$11
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Labeled both a "proletarian thunderbolt" and a communist turncoat, the ever-controversial Elia Kazan was — above the muck of his unfortunate HUAC leak — America's version of the Angry Young Man. With the studio system on the way out come mid-century, Kazan replaced its stilted polish with the emotional flux of the "Method," a feral Marlon Brando and pained James Dean becoming pin-ups for the cause. On the Waterfront and even East of Eden are curricula mainstays, but here's a chance to scope his impassioned, socially aware oeuvre, including A Face in the Crowd, Splendor in the Grass, and the hymnal America, America.
