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Insomnia Cinema: On the Waterfront (1954) - Uncut (Patreon)

Published:
2025-08-03 16:07:10
Imported:
2026-06

Content

Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Lee J. Cobb, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson

Comments

Sammy Fan

Now you know why West Wing cast Karl Malden as Jed's priest.

Clare Manion

Yay, more Rod Steiger! And Eva Marie Saint! And the cat :) So many great moments in here, but the priest's speech around the middle always stands out to me. Malden's performance was just perfect. And a great score too! That opening - French horn always gets the cool part.

Youtalkingtome
>>182791112

Absolute perfection. Going in, I didn't expect Malden to completely steal this film from among such a wonderful cast.

Youtalkingtome
>>182792984

Right?? The score was magnificent, tonally perfect for the film. And Karl Malden really blew me away with his performance.

Brian Harris

This is unquestionably a great film, but it's important to remember that it's intended as a response to the criticism Kazan received for naming names to HUAC. In Kazan's symbolism, he and others like him are like Terry: martyrs sacrificing themselves to destroy an evil conspiracy. But Kazan himself admitted that he named names ultimately because he feared for his career, not because he believed the people he named had done anything wrong. Those people were Clifford Odets, J. Edward Bromberg, Lewis Leverett, Morris Carnovsky, Phoebe Brand, Tony Kraber, Ted Wellman, and Paula Miller. All had their careers severely impacted by Kazan's betrayal. The quality of On the Waterfront can't be denied, and I watch it a lot. But I always give a thought to those eight people when I do. I figure it's the least I can do.

Youtalkingtome
>>182802409

Of course! Thank you for sharing that! I didn't make the connection to Kazan's own inflated view of his testimony.

Actuarial Lurker

One of the classics that I had never seen...until now....outstanding

Actuarial Lurker

Heresy here- but I always thought Method Acting was nonsense and that Brando in particular (and James Dean as well) were just melodramatic (e.g. screaming "Stella"). This movie was different and changed my view somewhat- although I think that other performances WERE still over the top. I love Pacino in Godfather I and II but found almost ALL of his other movies grating- just screaming and posturing- I see little difference from Pacino in Glengarry Glen Ross and The Devils Advocate- they are essentially the same one note characters. There was something about Brando here that was different. De Niro in Taxi Driver is ALSO "different" in the way that Heath Ledger was in "The Joker"- the total immersion works

Actuarial Lurker

Kevin- given that you are watching The Sopranos, this would be the same mob crews, just decades earlier, controlling the same docks in Hoboken as Tony does in the 1990s/2000s