"On The Waterfront"

"On The Waterfront" was clearly produced in an effort to justify director Elia Kazan's actions infront of the House Of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Behind the thin mask of his low budget film, Kazan displays his resoning in naming names to the government. Through his award-winning screenplay and cast of elite actors, Kazan made this symbolic film in effort to save his good name at a cruital point in his career. On the surface, "On …

…Hollywood. In conclusion Elie Kazan created a dramatic film in the defens of his testamony before the House of Un-American Activities Committee. The film shows how easily Terry gets stuck with the mob in an effort to show how easily Kazan could have been tricked into communism. In the movie Kazan displays Terry's involvement with the mob as acidental and in no way his fault. On The Waterfront is Kazan's effort to hide his guilt.