I think it's pretty shameful that half the audience couldn't even clap while sitting. There were several actors/directors etc that were part of the HUAC. Guys like Gary Cooper, James Stewart and John Wayne were. Most of these detractors were too young or not even alive during that time to give an opinion. Must be something to be able to sit on a high horse. This was for his work and not his personal life. Kazan was a human. Like Nolte and Harris never did anything wrong.
I had always assumed that, due to the enormous controversy surrounding Kazan as a result of the HUAC incident, that he had been guilty of some major breach of honor. But then I read up on it today and found out that the names he supplied were already public knowledge...again, the names were already known by the committee! However reprehensible the committee's actions were in hindsight, Kazan was under oath and he stated the truth, nothing more. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.
@acinemajunkie -Su maldad fue que dio crédito a un tribunal inquisidor que persiguió y estigmanizó a artistas e intelectuales por el hecho de pensar de modo diferente, en un país que constantemente alardea de libertad, sobre todo en el cine. Claro que su talento como creador fue encomiable.
@acinemajunkie -Su maldad fue que dio crédito a un tribunal inquisidor que persiguió y estigmanizó a artistas e intelectuales por el hecho de pensar de modo diferente, y en un país que constantemente alardea de libertad, sobre todo en el cine. Claro que su talento como creador fue encomiable.
@acinemajunkie -Su maldad fue que dio crédito a un tribunal inquisidor que persiguió y estigmanizó a artistas e intelectuales por el hecho de pensar de modo diferente, y en un país que constantemente alardea de libertad, sobre todo en el cine. Claro que su talento como creador fue admirable.
Yep Hollywood libs crack me up. They will disrespect this man who gave us some classic movies and turned in some commies. However they have NO problem honoring a child rapist like Roman Polanski. Why am I not surprised?
@EddieEstes And yet you don't realize you're doing the same kind of stupid mistake of those "libs". There should always be a distinction between a man's private life and his work, right?. Why should we only apply this rule to Kazan then? Hasn't Polanski made some classics too (for about 50 years)? I would've given a standing ovation to both men. Them being denouncers or rapists or not. It just doesn't matter.
@marneebox During the McCarthy hearings on Un-American activity Kazan became a "friendly witness" & named names of people that had at one point either been members or had attended Communist party meetings. (This was at the begining of the Cold War) his tesimony ruined the careers of some in Hollywood, but in turn also tarnished his own reputation.
I hate to be the one to point this out, folks, but there is someone even more famous than Elia Kazan who also ratted out three fellow artists as communists: his name was Walt Disney. I don't get why Kazan's reputation suffered while Disney's did not; I guess people just don't do their homework. Both men made some of the most brilliant works of art the world has ever seen, and we should honor them instead of focusing on their faults. Kazan was an unparalleled genius!
I am not too young but too young to know what exactly happened in the 1950s. But Elia Kazan was a legendary film maker. And he did what he did was under tremendous pressure. Elia Kazan should be forgiven and honored. The Academy Award Board did that but some actors seemed to be too angry for too long!
@yapamas21 I respect Nolte, Harris, Steiger and others for standing up for what they believe in. However, I think Kazan deserves his accolade on his artistic achievements. Was he wrong and made mistake which caused suffering of others? Yes. But if you look at it, he too is a victim who loved the movies.
at the end of the day he is being rewarded for his talent as a director, which is well deserved cause the guy was a genius. Hes not being rewarded for his humanity and therefore people should have showed respect and stood up. side note: de niro i love you and all but what the fuck is on your head..seriously
yapamas21, Are you actually saying that Betsy Blair and Clifford Odettes were working for the USSR? Are you a complete moron? Let me answer that...yes your are. You are a first class, flag waving idiot. You have no idea what you are talking about and obviously get your historical information from the ghost of Joe McCarthy!
You are the reason Liberals are considered intellectuals. Next to you wingnuts everyone looks smarter!
Without Kazan we get no Brando, Dean, Clift, and Beatty, and other actors studio legends like Pacino and Deniro. Most actors would still be acting like they have a stick up their asses being overly dramatic and phoney, Kazan and Strasberg helped american actors be real and in the moment.
I am and i will always be proud of having lived in the same house Elia Kazanoglou and his family lived in Istanbul before they moved to the USA. I remember my grandparents telling me how precious his family were during the negotiations . 10/28 is the date of his demise but he will always be kindly remembered by me and my family. Rest In Peace Elia Kazanoglou
@yapamas21 Isn't conspiring against your own country a shameless behavior? Most of those alleged innocent victims eventually turned out to be working for a foreign power against the US. That could only be justifiable if the US were ruled by some dictator like those at the helm of the USSR at the time. A free democratic country must be defended against such attempts and that's what Kazan did.
I must say, Speilberg, whom I 'm not really a huge fan of, had it just about right here..."I'll applaud his films but I won't stand up for him." Seems the right balance to me.
mediocre scumbags of hollywood who did not applaud do not deserve the name of artists. they are just political hacks who will be forgotten ( some already have been in past 10 years ) while elia kazan will always be remembered.
How can you seperate the man from his work? The point is that he bretrayed his colleagues and friends to look out for himself. If he did it in the 1950's why not in 1999? Hence why some of the people at the awards that evening did not applaud. He made great films as a man and as a man he lacked something else too.
@radio53 All of his "so-called" friends were nothing but commies willing to giev the country away for a bunch of Moscow money and a seat in the Politburo should the revolution win in the end. He was a hero.
What he DID was stand up for what he believed in in a time of great confusion in our country. It's easy to look back now and say it was wrong, but at the time a lot of people were scared and he thought he was doing his patriotic duty...Oh by the way he is an amazing film maker who invented method acting with Marlon Brando
He gave the House UnAmerican Activities Committee names of Hollywood associates who were socialist / supporters of the USSR. He had previously been a member of a socialist group in the entertainment industry, and was being pressured to cooperate. I'm pretty sure the names he gave the committee had already been given up by others. Anyway, some liberals never forgave him.
I think others have issue as many believe Kazan did have alot of power at that time he didn't have to say anything so the whole pressure thing is a complete lie, he did it voluntarily as he thought it was his duty to do it. He should however mention Miller as On the Waterfront was his story before Kazan betrayed the industry and got Miller remove from the project.
He never did apologize for it and people lost jobs because of it. However they should have at least clapped. I think the problem was after he did name names...he totally did sell out. I mean he went from A Gentleman's Agreement to On the Waterfront which imo are two polar opposites of movies. One denounces prejudice and fear, the other supported it by putting a positive spin on it. However is Miller could forgive him, the rest should too.
Are you all serious? So if Hitler was to receive a award for his painting would you stand up and clap? That's just bollocks. Of course my opinion of his work will be not clouded by his personal actions, but when it come to pay tribute, it's really hard to say where the line between the personal and the professional lays, he is not just receiving an Oscar for his work in this or that movie, he is getting it for a whole career and in certain point of this, he snitched on some fellow workers.
ok so what the man did was despicable but how does that impune his work? THAT was what this was for not the man's character! Seems to me the ones who didn't stand or clap were not even around when the shit went down so who are they to judge? and also the ones who did not stand or applaud are EXACTLY the same type of actors EK brought out on the screen in the 1st place!
@ohwell94 It's a hard one but I think his actio at the McCarthy hearings does ultimately impune his work since it protected his position to do that work freely & project his ideas at the expense of his talented & innocent but blacklisted friends & colleagues, some of whom had to use pseudonyms & some never recovered. It' must be hard to forgive as he never thruthfully apologised.
Correct me if I am wrong here but most of the ppl who didn't clap for the man a0 never worked for him or b) weren't even alive at the time the crap happened so who the hell are they to judge on what history told them? At least respect the man's work that is what this was for !
Warren Beatty is a great example of an understanding and forgiving man, a die-hard left wing liberal who I'm sure is ashamed that the blacklisting ever took place but who can go beyond that and appreciate a great artist for the fully rounded and flawed human he was! Kudos to Warren!
For all the people who insisted on not standing up for the man, I hope you remember that if it wasn't for the radical films made my people like Kazan you wouldn't even be here today. So have some respect you ingrates.
Ed Harris and Nick Nolte are in no way big enough to even be at his awards, he created so many films that every director and film lover should be grateful for. Without Kazan there would be no Goodfellas, Taxi Driver or Raging Bull since Kazan was Scorsese's influence. Nolte and Harris are nobodys and will never be remembered, the difference is on the waterfront, east of eden, gentlemens agreement will be. URGH!
Whatever you think about what he did the man man had a brillant career...For every person who stayed seated and refused to clap there were three that didn't and he was more touched by those people who showed him and his films affection than affected by the ones who refused to seperate the films from the politics and mistakes he made.
I am conflicted about this, if I had been there I'm not sure what I would have done. On the one hand, I truly enjoy Elia Kazan's films. He was an excellent director and I feel that he does deserve this Oscar based on his work.
Naming names was seen in Hollywood as an enormous betrayal, so I can understand the negative reactions, but at the same time, the man must have been under enormous pressure from HUAC. Not to mention that people make mistakes and that forgiveness is a virtue.
je crois qu il meritait quand meme son oscar pour un tramway et sur les quais america a l est d eden la fureur de vivre tous des films qui ont tres bien vieillis on doit pardonner il a fait un erreur il etait tout simplement reconnaissant aux americains pour la chance qu il lui ont donne meme si je ne suis pas nd accord avec ce qu il a fait
@girofleel Desolé mais Kazan n'a jamais fait d'erreurs en dénonçant ceux qui conspirait contre les Etats-Unis. Aujour-d'hui on fait de très grands efforts pour les faire sembler comme des héros quand ils ne sont que des traitors.
I think forgiveness is allowed, even if it means extending it to a coward. Time has passed and I enjoy Elia Kazan's films, but I can understand the difficulty in separating a man's gift from his horrible choices in life. I'm sure the good Lord had a real good talk with him when he passed over and that should be enough for anyone.
@AveIvy A coward! He did what he did in the open, not undercover. He paid the price for being loyal to his country and his family while those so-called heroes where secretly conspiring agains the US. How's that for cowardice?
Interestingly enough, Nolte, Madigan & Harris protest because of the blackballing of Hollywood writers & actors because of Kazan. Elia Kazan was asked at the time, if he knew of anyone with communist views and it was Hollywood that banned them. Present day Hollywood blackballs anyone with conservative views and I don't see any protests over that !
I love how people here are giving Kazan shit, when they do not realise the pressure he was under from HUAC, also people tend to forget that he was brought before HUAC twice, and only conceded names the second time. Look people, it took immense strength to not name names infront of HUAC, for those that did - they deserve the utmost respect, for those that did - i can somewhat understand why they did, it was their career on the line aswell. People seem to forget that.
Blacklisted people "named names" too, informing the FBI of people they considered fascists. Why is it okay for them to do the same thing that was done to them?
When you're at the Academy Awards, you aren't judging based on politics, you're judging based on their work.
Blacklisted people "named names" too, informing the FBI of people they considered fascists. Why is it okay for them to do the same thing that was done to them?
When you're at the Academy Awards, you aren't judging based on politics, you're judging based on their work. Obviously Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Nick Nolte don't understand what the Oscars are really about. Totally un-classy move on Harris and Madigan's parts (what's with those stupid glares)? At least Nolte had some class.
@A01002401 that is excactly what i wrote to other people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....this is an award ceremony....they cant ignored what this person did to film history with so many great films!!!!...the politic ideas and personal judgements should leave for other place!
I wonder if it was sterling hayden up there,would they do the same thing?Hayden was guilt ridden for the rest of his life after testifying.But you can't doubt his character,he was a hero in ww2 fighting those kraut bastards.
For those who criticize Elia Kazan for involuntarily confessing those who associated themselves to the "Communist" party (or were simply dubbed or classed as "ultra-left") to the "HUAC" committee ('HUAC' stands for the House of Un-American Activities Committee), the man didn't have a choice - his whole professional life would have been virtually destroyed, and we wouldn't have films like: "On the Waterfront" or "East of Eden".
Great moment seeing two of the greatest of all time (Kazan and Scrosese) share a moment on stage. As said before, it's not an award about being a good person or maming the right decisions. Kazan's body of work speaks for itself and he had nothing to prove to anyone. His films do all the talking. 100% deserved this award. Thanks for the films that will live forever in history.
Let me get this straight. He exposed commie actors and directors back in the 50's and since then refused to apologize for it til his death? He's a f*cking hero and a true patriot. So where does that leave Ed Harris and Nick Nolte? Either they sat down because they themselves are commie c*cksuckers or because they were too naive babies hungry for fame at the time Elia testified.
@FlawlessCock You just don't get it son. Everyone has a right to be a part of any political affiliation of their choosing. The HUAC, which Elia Kazan testified before, tried to take that right away from actors just because of their influence on the public. The HUCA were breaking the United States FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, and Kazan helped the Committee by pointing the finger at people who came to this country for political freedom. It was wrong and unmoral even if they were fighting the Commies.
@FlawlessCock Did you know that several of the actors and directors, whose lives and careers Kazan ruined, Kazan had personally inducted into the Communist Party as a member? His readiness to name names wasn't based on patriotism, but on the selfish and cowardly desire to save his own skin and career at the cost of those of his colleagues. Harris and Nolte aren't communists, but they probably possess that which Kazan was not brave enough to seek: integrity and respect for their colleagues.
Let me get this straight. He exposed commie actors and directors back in the 50's and since then refused to apologize for it til his death? He's a fucking hero and a true patriot. So where does that leave Ed Harris and Nick Nolte? Either they sat down because they themselves are commie cocksuckers or because they were too naive babies hungry for fame at the time Elia testified.
SHould we judge those who applauded for this man? He might not have been the same guy who turned in his fellow actors. But what he did was unforgiveable. I applaud those who spoke with their silence. Nick Nolte and the rest. Good job. Evil for whateverreason should not go unnnoticed.
@xerakis Right on! Fuck freedom of expression, fuck integrity, and fuck respect and consideration for one's colleagues and friends lives and livelihoods. That's all for liberals/socialists/communists!
Kazan was a great man....his family escaped the lousy sting communist/socialist....so why in the hell would'nt out those who were communists here. RIP Kazan, the silence of the un American liberals/socialist/communist (all the same garbage) is your greatest honor!! Freedon for people and markets. Long live the Constitution and God damn the liberals!!
well, we can't all be upstanding moral citizens like Nick Nolte, now can we. Ugh.
the award was for Kazan's artistic achievement in cinema, not his lousy personal choices. Sad thing is, the people he named at the HUAC hearings had already been named- he didnt singlehandedly destroy those people. He was trying to get through as unscathed as possible and do minimal damage. Didn't work. Sad, because he really was a tremendous director. He deserved this award.
Kazan truly was a great director. However, the ideals he expoused in his greatest film, "Man On A Tightrope" were totally trashed by his activities. Great director - terrible man.
All of you must study the histrory of comunism. The comunists just wants the power!
They kill about 100 milion people to get the power. They saw themselves as poor defenders , but what else did were murder poor people, robbed their lands, crops, houses and freedom !
Just search for Cheka, Holodomor, Gulags and what ever to see what kind of word people denounced by Kazan wants. Kasan took part of comunist party, so he saw by himself their lies and the true intent . HE was a HERO !!
@BEfanUK yes it was offensive what he did to his fellow artists......but it is not offensive believe that communims is a s....sistem..and it is not offensive the masterpices he has made and how he contribute to film history!!!!....this is an ward ceremony for films...they should leave the politic ideas for other place....but also...they have the right to not clap!!!!!!!!
ture, Kazan had a wonderful career, great movies and all. But just think about all those writers, directors, actors whose future all got ruined, where are they now? who will applause for them? who even remember their names? shame on kazan!
@crock500 ¿Traidor a quien o quienes? Kazan hubiera traicionado a su nación y a la libertad si hubiera militado o colaborado con los comunistas que deseaban subvertir las libertades y sustituirlas por su universo de terror y muerte. Kazan fue un maestro del cine, y además un estadounidense cabal y honrado. Sin duda. Todos hemos estado nerviosos alguna vez, pero sin que ello conlleve culpabilidad o remordimiento alguno.
After reading of the careers which Elia Kazan destroyed I can not understand why anyone would appauld and bestow any honor upon him; some of those who were accused of being members of the communist party were in fact not members, some accused of being communists who exercised their constitutional rights were blacklisted. I am against Communism. Many of the people who were accused were Jewish (read about them online), do you think a Jewish person would join the Communist party or be sympathic?
For ratting out communist hollywood types, I would give him
an Olympic medal, a Nobel Prize, a Lifetime Achievement Award and the Congressional Medal of Honor.
During the 1975 Oscars, it was announced the Communists had taken South Vietnam. The Hollywood audience stood up and cheered, not knowing that hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese would soon find early graves via Marxist rule. Wherever a communist jackboot stomps on a face, there are leftists ready to excuse it.
Does anyone see the absolutley blinding point to all this? Yes, he made incredible films, with a sterling talent.
BUT, he also just happened to have ruined the careers of several other equally talented people in the industry by willingly committing a dispicable act. In other words, where are THEIR awards?
Oh, that's right - they never got the chance to earn and accept them, because they were forced to live abroad because of him. Wake up, folks. It really happened, and he did it by choice.
@chettmansberger At last! Thank God someone on this thread has actually spoken some sense! Thankyou! :)
I personally adore Elia Kazan's films...but I absolutely despise the treacherous, spineless, little scumbags, life destroying acts against his colleagues!, as you said...where was their chance at an amazing career or an Oscar? I can't believe these people are actually applauding Mcarthyites & their little, rat snitches! Oh yeah, & btw...Kazan was a ''Commie'' too! Go read a book you lot!!!
Good riddance to bad garbage. Kazan chose to DESTROY the lives of EIGHT fellow human beings, just so he could stay in the good graces of HUAC. The man built his carreer on the backs of those victims, and were I there, I would not have applauded either: I'd have turned my back to this lowlife.
@AnonymousSquirrel123...Who are these human beings your referring to? I mean, I'm reading so much comments on how he destroyed many actors careers. I would like to know what actors?? Whats GOING ON with Ed harris and Nick Nolte NOT clapping?? I loved on the waterfront and East of Eden....WHATS GOING ON
I will show this to my US History class, when I cover HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) which was known for investigating communism in the film industry.
@cataloni10 Nazi? Why, cause he looks like one, of because of his politics? (cause i wouldn't be surprised if Hollywood is all nazi or communist by now...)
nick nolte pretends to be a bad ass too he looks like a little kid. if it wasnt for this man directors wouldn't feel the freedom they do now to show things as they are like he did in on the waterfront
im surprised de niro's hair didn't inspire more comments lol. too many politics and games to concentrate on the fact that de niro was making the adventures of rocky and bullwinkle at the time i believe. i wouldve rather he came with the mohawk from taxi driver
People need to respect the choice of those who didn't applaud. If they had thrown rotten fruit at Kazan on stage, I would agree with your outrage. They showed perfect poise in their stance.
"Do not agree with" ? He ruined the careers of many equally talented artists, not to mention their lives - to the point of them being forced to live abroad for their own safety. Ever hear the word "Blacklist"? It din't just mean not being hired. This was the 50's we're talking about, and it was as very real as people building bomb shelter in their own back yards. Only, this wasn't neighborhood or even Hollywood gossip. It went beyond, all the way to Washington. Wake up.
Kazan had a wonderful career, made many incredible films. But he helped to irreversibly tarnish, damage and cut short the careers of many talented people in Hollywood just to serve his own purposes. the oscar recognizes his achievements as a cinematic director, and he deserves it on that merit alone. same as Roman Polanski. it's not an award for being a good person.
Al margen de cualquier discusion politica o de delacion, la contribucion de Elia Kazan al cine y teatro americano es ENORME. Fundador del Actors Studio, lanzo las carreras de Marlon Brando, Warren Beatty (Que lo reconocio al aplaudirlo) y Robert De Niro, y realizo obras maestras como Viva Zapato u On The Waterfront entre otras.
I think it's pretty shameful that half the audience couldn't even clap while sitting. There were several actors/directors etc that were part of the HUAC. Guys like Gary Cooper, James Stewart and John Wayne were. Most of these detractors were too young or not even alive during that time to give an opinion. Must be something to be able to sit on a high horse. This was for his work and not his personal life. Kazan was a human. Like Nolte and Harris never did anything wrong.
clydebarrow34 1 week ago
I had always assumed that, due to the enormous controversy surrounding Kazan as a result of the HUAC incident, that he had been guilty of some major breach of honor. But then I read up on it today and found out that the names he supplied were already public knowledge...again, the names were already known by the committee! However reprehensible the committee's actions were in hindsight, Kazan was under oath and he stated the truth, nothing more. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.
acinemajunkie 3 weeks ago
@acinemajunkie -Su maldad fue que dio crédito a un tribunal inquisidor que persiguió y estigmanizó a artistas e intelectuales por el hecho de pensar de modo diferente, en un país que constantemente alardea de libertad, sobre todo en el cine. Claro que su talento como creador fue encomiable.
papaguino1 3 weeks ago
@acinemajunkie -Su maldad fue que dio crédito a un tribunal inquisidor que persiguió y estigmanizó a artistas e intelectuales por el hecho de pensar de modo diferente, y en un país que constantemente alardea de libertad, sobre todo en el cine. Claro que su talento como creador fue encomiable.
papaguino1 3 weeks ago
@acinemajunkie -Su maldad fue que dio crédito a un tribunal inquisidor que persiguió y estigmanizó a artistas e intelectuales por el hecho de pensar de modo diferente, y en un país que constantemente alardea de libertad, sobre todo en el cine. Claro que su talento como creador fue admirable.
papaguino1 3 weeks ago
Yeah whatever, Fuck that sell out.
kato1972 1 month ago
@yapamas21
what you would know? You werent around in his time you have no right to judge , people like you sicken me
toby099 1 month ago
Yep Hollywood libs crack me up. They will disrespect this man who gave us some classic movies and turned in some commies. However they have NO problem honoring a child rapist like Roman Polanski. Why am I not surprised?
EddieEstes 1 month ago
@EddieEstes He didn't turn any commies in, they already had all the names he named. Just turn your computer off.
Vulturep 1 month ago
@EddieEstes And yet you don't realize you're doing the same kind of stupid mistake of those "libs". There should always be a distinction between a man's private life and his work, right?. Why should we only apply this rule to Kazan then? Hasn't Polanski made some classics too (for about 50 years)? I would've given a standing ovation to both men. Them being denouncers or rapists or not. It just doesn't matter.
kovvvas 1 month ago
Scorsese still won't talk to Nolte--- Nolte 70 and still bringing it, just like Coburn did in HIS 70s
mikebrown1156 1 month ago
why are a lot of people not clapping?
marneebox 1 month ago
@marneebox During the McCarthy hearings on Un-American activity Kazan became a "friendly witness" & named names of people that had at one point either been members or had attended Communist party meetings. (This was at the begining of the Cold War) his tesimony ruined the careers of some in Hollywood, but in turn also tarnished his own reputation.
TNO73 1 month ago
I hate to be the one to point this out, folks, but there is someone even more famous than Elia Kazan who also ratted out three fellow artists as communists: his name was Walt Disney. I don't get why Kazan's reputation suffered while Disney's did not; I guess people just don't do their homework. Both men made some of the most brilliant works of art the world has ever seen, and we should honor them instead of focusing on their faults. Kazan was an unparalleled genius!
tastywaffle 2 months ago
fuc... delator...!!!!!
morsa65 2 months ago
It is just breathtaking to watch this.
I am not too young but too young to know what exactly happened in the 1950s. But Elia Kazan was a legendary film maker. And he did what he did was under tremendous pressure. Elia Kazan should be forgiven and honored. The Academy Award Board did that but some actors seemed to be too angry for too long!
pppkmtd 2 months ago
He's an amazing artist...a genius.
krp2nyte 2 months ago
Aplaudan al artista y no al hombre.
MrJamesCav 2 months ago
@MrJamesCav ¿Se puede separar al artista del hombre? (no olvides que Hitler era pintor)
morsa65 2 months ago
@yapamas21 I respect Nolte, Harris, Steiger and others for standing up for what they believe in. However, I think Kazan deserves his accolade on his artistic achievements. Was he wrong and made mistake which caused suffering of others? Yes. But if you look at it, he too is a victim who loved the movies.
Xentradi97 2 months ago
Like anybody really cares what Nick Nolte thinks.
mufasa20 2 months ago
at the end of the day he is being rewarded for his talent as a director, which is well deserved cause the guy was a genius. Hes not being rewarded for his humanity and therefore people should have showed respect and stood up. side note: de niro i love you and all but what the fuck is on your head..seriously
chinadollz123 2 months ago
dunno why everyone is so worked up about the audience. kazan was kinda a douche. i think his films speak for themselves, they are amazing.
bankyandbrodie 2 months ago
yapamas21, Are you actually saying that Betsy Blair and Clifford Odettes were working for the USSR? Are you a complete moron? Let me answer that...yes your are. You are a first class, flag waving idiot. You have no idea what you are talking about and obviously get your historical information from the ghost of Joe McCarthy!
You are the reason Liberals are considered intellectuals. Next to you wingnuts everyone looks smarter!
bethpets 2 months ago
I think the real story is De Niro's hair.
DonCorleone87 2 months ago 25
Without Kazan we get no Brando, Dean, Clift, and Beatty, and other actors studio legends like Pacino and Deniro. Most actors would still be acting like they have a stick up their asses being overly dramatic and phoney, Kazan and Strasberg helped american actors be real and in the moment.
arasace 3 months ago 3
@arasace yeah, without hitler, most of the african countries would be still colonies; should we thank to him, too??
fasarya 3 months ago
@fasarya In some sort of a way, yeah.
Don't need to thank him, but in some way we are better of now. we're further in science because of Hitler.
Not saying that what he did was good, but also not everything what he did was bad.
CrabY42 2 months ago
I am and i will always be proud of having lived in the same house Elia Kazanoglou and his family lived in Istanbul before they moved to the USA. I remember my grandparents telling me how precious his family were during the negotiations . 10/28 is the date of his demise but he will always be kindly remembered by me and my family. Rest In Peace Elia Kazanoglou
petit76 3 months ago
Forgiveness. It is a difficult concept.
zionravescene 3 months ago 2
@yapamas21 Isn't conspiring against your own country a shameless behavior? Most of those alleged innocent victims eventually turned out to be working for a foreign power against the US. That could only be justifiable if the US were ruled by some dictator like those at the helm of the USSR at the time. A free democratic country must be defended against such attempts and that's what Kazan did.
SrConservador 3 months ago
I must say, Speilberg, whom I 'm not really a huge fan of, had it just about right here..."I'll applaud his films but I won't stand up for him." Seems the right balance to me.
christomacin 3 months ago
Nick Nolte, Ed Harris and Ian McKellen senteced to not win the oscar!
thewings01 3 months ago 11
and yet when Roman Polanski, a child rapist, won an Oscar he received a standing ovation
TheMurePolly 3 months ago 4
mediocre scumbags of hollywood who did not applaud do not deserve the name of artists. they are just political hacks who will be forgotten ( some already have been in past 10 years ) while elia kazan will always be remembered.
hammertapping 3 months ago 3
@hammertapping they have a hell lot more integrity than elia kazan.
andreashang92 3 months ago
How can you seperate the man from his work? The point is that he bretrayed his colleagues and friends to look out for himself. If he did it in the 1950's why not in 1999? Hence why some of the people at the awards that evening did not applaud. He made great films as a man and as a man he lacked something else too.
radio53 3 months ago
@radio53 All of his "so-called" friends were nothing but commies willing to giev the country away for a bunch of Moscow money and a seat in the Politburo should the revolution win in the end. He was a hero.
SrConservador 3 months ago
What he DID was stand up for what he believed in in a time of great confusion in our country. It's easy to look back now and say it was wrong, but at the time a lot of people were scared and he thought he was doing his patriotic duty...Oh by the way he is an amazing film maker who invented method acting with Marlon Brando
SirGeeeO 4 months ago 2
@SirGeeeO He and Brando did not invent Method acting. It must have been a real moron that told you that.
spxeli 3 months ago
Nick Nolte - Ed Harris - good for you !
Durant1978 4 months ago
damn Jim Carrey didn't even stand!
the44118 4 months ago
what exactly did he do that ppl don't like him?....educate me.
the44118 4 months ago
@the44118
He gave the House UnAmerican Activities Committee names of Hollywood associates who were socialist / supporters of the USSR. He had previously been a member of a socialist group in the entertainment industry, and was being pressured to cooperate. I'm pretty sure the names he gave the committee had already been given up by others. Anyway, some liberals never forgave him.
klrdotorg 2 months ago
I think others have issue as many believe Kazan did have alot of power at that time he didn't have to say anything so the whole pressure thing is a complete lie, he did it voluntarily as he thought it was his duty to do it. He should however mention Miller as On the Waterfront was his story before Kazan betrayed the industry and got Miller remove from the project.
fight4acause 4 months ago
He never did apologize for it and people lost jobs because of it. However they should have at least clapped. I think the problem was after he did name names...he totally did sell out. I mean he went from A Gentleman's Agreement to On the Waterfront which imo are two polar opposites of movies. One denounces prejudice and fear, the other supported it by putting a positive spin on it. However is Miller could forgive him, the rest should too.
fight4acause 4 months ago
Are you all serious? So if Hitler was to receive a award for his painting would you stand up and clap? That's just bollocks. Of course my opinion of his work will be not clouded by his personal actions, but when it come to pay tribute, it's really hard to say where the line between the personal and the professional lays, he is not just receiving an Oscar for his work in this or that movie, he is getting it for a whole career and in certain point of this, he snitched on some fellow workers.
musicaconsubtitulos 4 months ago
@musicaconsubtitulos Why is it that everybody who doesn't follow the "liberal-commie" path has to be compared to Hitler?
SrConservador 3 months ago 2
ok so what the man did was despicable but how does that impune his work? THAT was what this was for not the man's character! Seems to me the ones who didn't stand or clap were not even around when the shit went down so who are they to judge? and also the ones who did not stand or applaud are EXACTLY the same type of actors EK brought out on the screen in the 1st place!
ohwell94 4 months ago
@ohwell94 It's a hard one but I think his actio at the McCarthy hearings does ultimately impune his work since it protected his position to do that work freely & project his ideas at the expense of his talented & innocent but blacklisted friends & colleagues, some of whom had to use pseudonyms & some never recovered. It' must be hard to forgive as he never thruthfully apologised.
dmce1 3 months ago in playlist Elia Kazan
Correct me if I am wrong here but most of the ppl who didn't clap for the man a0 never worked for him or b) weren't even alive at the time the crap happened so who the hell are they to judge on what history told them? At least respect the man's work that is what this was for !
ohwell94 4 months ago
Bobby, my man, what's with the haircut?
Cleon29Warrior 4 months ago
He deserved the award,he was a genius and made genius films.That is what was being awarded,nothing else and nothing more.
bawoman 4 months ago
Warren Beatty is a great example of an understanding and forgiving man, a die-hard left wing liberal who I'm sure is ashamed that the blacklisting ever took place but who can go beyond that and appreciate a great artist for the fully rounded and flawed human he was! Kudos to Warren!
NickEdwardable 4 months ago
@NickEdwardable
Beatty is one of the few people that Kazan sat down & explained why he gave up the names. Pretty sure that's why Warren forgave him.
klrdotorg 2 months ago
@klrdotorg Who cares is Beatty forgave him?! He needs forgiveness from those whose names he mentioned during HUAC to save his own skin!!
jackiescanlon 1 month ago
I feel like a moron asking this, but his Wikipedia page is too long. Can someone explain to me what he did that was so bad?
spxeli 4 months ago
One has to separate the man from the artist. While I don't condone his actions, I must say his movie are legendary, to say the least.
ildico1 4 months ago
For all the people who insisted on not standing up for the man, I hope you remember that if it wasn't for the radical films made my people like Kazan you wouldn't even be here today. So have some respect you ingrates.
BleedingOne1 4 months ago
1:33 Warren Beatty like a BOSS.
wradn 4 months ago
Burn in hell, Kazan. Nick Nolte, Ed Harris, and Holly Hunter, BRAVO.
CathedralOfGhosts 4 months ago
@CathedralOfGhosts Nick Nolte please. Ed Harris, what? Holly Hunter , B list hacks. Kazan simply rules.
BadboybillyC 4 months ago 2
The people that didn't clap, sucks
PhillyDippy5 4 months ago
fuckin' communists
krustykomedyklassic1 5 months ago 2
@krustykomedyklassic1 I agree with you
PhillyDippy5 4 months ago
Thank goodness he did the right thing. Those communists wanted to destroy this country
WarVideo 5 months ago 2
that's how america stigmatyzes the guilty to fade its mistakes. Glory to Elia
MsViviendubois 5 months ago
lol, Helen Hunt does not look happy.
AcademyAwardsPerson 5 months ago
A HISTORICAL MOMENT! Awesome seeing Nick Nolte and Ed Harris refusing to applaud.
totopatter 5 months ago
@totopatter You're damn right. That's what they'll be remembered for in the years to come after they have ended they miserable careers.
SrConservador 3 months ago
Ed Harris and Nick Nolte are in no way big enough to even be at his awards, he created so many films that every director and film lover should be grateful for. Without Kazan there would be no Goodfellas, Taxi Driver or Raging Bull since Kazan was Scorsese's influence. Nolte and Harris are nobodys and will never be remembered, the difference is on the waterfront, east of eden, gentlemens agreement will be. URGH!
dcs93 5 months ago
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RJP7093 5 months ago
Whatever you think about what he did the man man had a brillant career...For every person who stayed seated and refused to clap there were three that didn't and he was more touched by those people who showed him and his films affection than affected by the ones who refused to seperate the films from the politics and mistakes he made.
WeaponXXIV 5 months ago
Korey was so right, De Niro has a Fearless Leader haircut lmfao
anadryantontine 5 months ago 2
I am conflicted about this, if I had been there I'm not sure what I would have done. On the one hand, I truly enjoy Elia Kazan's films. He was an excellent director and I feel that he does deserve this Oscar based on his work.
Naming names was seen in Hollywood as an enormous betrayal, so I can understand the negative reactions, but at the same time, the man must have been under enormous pressure from HUAC. Not to mention that people make mistakes and that forgiveness is a virtue.
I'm torn.
aerdna14 5 months ago
Look at Ed Harris! :P 1:38 and Nick Nolte.. :P 2:03
OnriuTheWolf 6 months ago
Look at Ed Harris! :P 1:37
OnriuTheWolf 6 months ago
je crois qu il meritait quand meme son oscar pour un tramway et sur les quais america a l est d eden la fureur de vivre tous des films qui ont tres bien vieillis on doit pardonner il a fait un erreur il etait tout simplement reconnaissant aux americains pour la chance qu il lui ont donne meme si je ne suis pas nd accord avec ce qu il a fait
girofleel 6 months ago
@girofleel Desolé mais Kazan n'a jamais fait d'erreurs en dénonçant ceux qui conspirait contre les Etats-Unis. Aujour-d'hui on fait de très grands efforts pour les faire sembler comme des héros quand ils ne sont que des traitors.
SrConservador 3 months ago
look at spielberg that scum sitting down. hey spiel KAZAN was a MILLION times the director you WISH you could be.
chicanos909 6 months ago
The Hair Of De Niro, Here, SUCKS!
ermac59 6 months ago
is that jim carrey next to ed harris
cellardoor199991 6 months ago
What a legacy this man has left to the world. He deserves the the highest praise. Thank you Mr. Kazan for the all the enjoyment you have given.
fobesq 7 months ago 3
I think forgiveness is allowed, even if it means extending it to a coward. Time has passed and I enjoy Elia Kazan's films, but I can understand the difficulty in separating a man's gift from his horrible choices in life. I'm sure the good Lord had a real good talk with him when he passed over and that should be enough for anyone.
AveIvy 7 months ago
@AveIvy A coward! He did what he did in the open, not undercover. He paid the price for being loyal to his country and his family while those so-called heroes where secretly conspiring agains the US. How's that for cowardice?
SrConservador 3 months ago
This man was put in an impossible situation. But this award was about his work and he was innovative and the best of his craft.
jarac1357 7 months ago
Self righteous arrogant actors
neilzep 7 months ago 3
i think i see regret and guilt on his face
TheCtownn 7 months ago
Interestingly enough, Nolte, Madigan & Harris protest because of the blackballing of Hollywood writers & actors because of Kazan. Elia Kazan was asked at the time, if he knew of anyone with communist views and it was Hollywood that banned them. Present day Hollywood blackballs anyone with conservative views and I don't see any protests over that !
Johnnyboy792 7 months ago 4
@Johnnyboy792 You got the picture right, Johnny.
SrConservador 3 months ago 2
I love how people here are giving Kazan shit, when they do not realise the pressure he was under from HUAC, also people tend to forget that he was brought before HUAC twice, and only conceded names the second time. Look people, it took immense strength to not name names infront of HUAC, for those that did - they deserve the utmost respect, for those that did - i can somewhat understand why they did, it was their career on the line aswell. People seem to forget that.
Lemon0Tart 7 months ago 4
I just want to say...Elia KAZAN was the best director ever...
Eebra70 7 months ago 4
Blacklisted people "named names" too, informing the FBI of people they considered fascists. Why is it okay for them to do the same thing that was done to them?
When you're at the Academy Awards, you aren't judging based on politics, you're judging based on their work.
A01002401 7 months ago 2
Blacklisted people "named names" too, informing the FBI of people they considered fascists. Why is it okay for them to do the same thing that was done to them?
When you're at the Academy Awards, you aren't judging based on politics, you're judging based on their work. Obviously Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Nick Nolte don't understand what the Oscars are really about. Totally un-classy move on Harris and Madigan's parts (what's with those stupid glares)? At least Nolte had some class.
A01002401 7 months ago
@A01002401 that is excactly what i wrote to other people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....this is an award ceremony....they cant ignored what this person did to film history with so many great films!!!!...the politic ideas and personal judgements should leave for other place!
Gaston088able 5 months ago
A traitor and a great director.
MartiniandCigarettes 8 months ago 5
@MartiniandCigarettes A traitor? He was a hero denouncing the real traitor's on the USSR's payroll.
SrConservador 3 months ago 2
Traitor.
thecultofjonnybighed 8 months ago
I wonder if it was sterling hayden up there,would they do the same thing?Hayden was guilt ridden for the rest of his life after testifying.But you can't doubt his character,he was a hero in ww2 fighting those kraut bastards.
TheGatorfan93 8 months ago
For those who criticize Elia Kazan for involuntarily confessing those who associated themselves to the "Communist" party (or were simply dubbed or classed as "ultra-left") to the "HUAC" committee ('HUAC' stands for the House of Un-American Activities Committee), the man didn't have a choice - his whole professional life would have been virtually destroyed, and we wouldn't have films like: "On the Waterfront" or "East of Eden".
JesusCristo2002 8 months ago
I laugh at these Academy circle jerks
Thelookoutslookout 8 months ago
Loved his films :)
Light197 8 months ago
Great moment seeing two of the greatest of all time (Kazan and Scrosese) share a moment on stage. As said before, it's not an award about being a good person or maming the right decisions. Kazan's body of work speaks for itself and he had nothing to prove to anyone. His films do all the talking. 100% deserved this award. Thanks for the films that will live forever in history.
chicanos909 9 months ago 2
Dos vedona, komrades! He wasn't a traitor, he testified AGAINST traitors. He was a hero and should be treated as such.
librarybob1958 9 months ago
@librarybob1958 learn to write Russian properly before you make your humorous statement, uneducated redneck.
MartiniandCigarettes 8 months ago
Good for you, Elia, for standing up to those communists. I feel no sympathy for any of them.
kjr291 9 months ago 3
grat artist....little man
Cottonboy86 9 months ago
ed harris and amy madigan look like he just murdered their puppy.
UnCommonCold 9 months ago 3
Let me get this straight. He exposed commie actors and directors back in the 50's and since then refused to apologize for it til his death? He's a f*cking hero and a true patriot. So where does that leave Ed Harris and Nick Nolte? Either they sat down because they themselves are commie c*cksuckers or because they were too naive babies hungry for fame at the time Elia testified.
FlawlessCock 9 months ago
@FlawlessCock You just don't get it son. Everyone has a right to be a part of any political affiliation of their choosing. The HUAC, which Elia Kazan testified before, tried to take that right away from actors just because of their influence on the public. The HUCA were breaking the United States FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, and Kazan helped the Committee by pointing the finger at people who came to this country for political freedom. It was wrong and unmoral even if they were fighting the Commies.
7Oddity 9 months ago
@FlawlessCock Did you know that several of the actors and directors, whose lives and careers Kazan ruined, Kazan had personally inducted into the Communist Party as a member? His readiness to name names wasn't based on patriotism, but on the selfish and cowardly desire to save his own skin and career at the cost of those of his colleagues. Harris and Nolte aren't communists, but they probably possess that which Kazan was not brave enough to seek: integrity and respect for their colleagues.
neosoc 9 months ago 2
@neosoc great comment
buscargo89 9 months ago
Let me get this straight. He exposed commie actors and directors back in the 50's and since then refused to apologize for it til his death? He's a fucking hero and a true patriot. So where does that leave Ed Harris and Nick Nolte? Either they sat down because they themselves are commie cocksuckers or because they were too naive babies hungry for fame at the time Elia testified.
FlawlessCock 9 months ago
SHould we judge those who applauded for this man? He might not have been the same guy who turned in his fellow actors. But what he did was unforgiveable. I applaud those who spoke with their silence. Nick Nolte and the rest. Good job. Evil for whateverreason should not go unnnoticed.
mikeygoodboi 9 months ago
His films have survived the gossip and drama behind the scenes.
thejobloshow 9 months ago
a true hero....fuck the liberals/socialists/communists
xerakis 9 months ago
@xerakis Right on! Fuck freedom of expression, fuck integrity, and fuck respect and consideration for one's colleagues and friends lives and livelihoods. That's all for liberals/socialists/communists!
Oh, and fuck you.
neosoc 9 months ago
Kazan was a great man....his family escaped the lousy sting communist/socialist....so why in the hell would'nt out those who were communists here. RIP Kazan, the silence of the un American liberals/socialist/communist (all the same garbage) is your greatest honor!! Freedon for people and markets. Long live the Constitution and God damn the liberals!!
xerakis 9 months ago
I don't think Ed Harris was showing disdain for Kazan's political motives so much as he was just pissed off that they sat him next to Jim Carrey.
JiffySpook 9 months ago 5
What's with my boy De Niro's head?
vicehoundelite 9 months ago
well, we can't all be upstanding moral citizens like Nick Nolte, now can we. Ugh.
the award was for Kazan's artistic achievement in cinema, not his lousy personal choices. Sad thing is, the people he named at the HUAC hearings had already been named- he didnt singlehandedly destroy those people. He was trying to get through as unscathed as possible and do minimal damage. Didn't work. Sad, because he really was a tremendous director. He deserved this award.
mnmcv1 10 months ago 2
AAgggg!!
toshy1992 10 months ago
No merece que reciba un Oscar.. por lo que hizo, no lo merece !!
toshy1992 10 months ago
It seems perfect that no one applauds, he is a criminal, they should not even give him an Oscar, Undeserving... is a gossip
toshy1992 10 months ago
Kazan truly was a great director. However, the ideals he expoused in his greatest film, "Man On A Tightrope" were totally trashed by his activities. Great director - terrible man.
notredamehesamighty 10 months ago
While I know what he did was wrong, Hollywood is full of communists anyway, so I can see why so many didn't clap...
theocean1973 10 months ago
Open Your eyes !!!
My coutry stils sleeping and dreaming inside a big comunist propaganda !! as russians do in the firt years os revolution!!
Don't let they do it at your county too.
svcselso 10 months ago
All of you must study the histrory of comunism. The comunists just wants the power!
They kill about 100 milion people to get the power. They saw themselves as poor defenders , but what else did were murder poor people, robbed their lands, crops, houses and freedom !
Just search for Cheka, Holodomor, Gulags and what ever to see what kind of word people denounced by Kazan wants. Kasan took part of comunist party, so he saw by himself their lies and the true intent . HE was a HERO !!
svcselso 10 months ago 3
@svcselso You know nothing about communism. Everything you've written is linked to socialism... Not a single thing is communism... Shut the frak up!
toorn2 10 months ago
Nolte has no business judging anyone. He's a drunk and a criminal.
greg19670 10 months ago
@greg19670 most idiot comment i'v seen tooday!! Congrats man!! For you a drunk man is a criminal, or just nothing... Assh*le...!!
martiniiiiiiiiiiiii 10 months ago
@greg19670 hahahahah
totopatter 5 months ago
Ed Harris and Nick Nolte look like they want to knock Kazan's teeth out.
johnnyfoxy 10 months ago 2
I can completely understand why people didn't clap, I don't blame them, either way, I don't find it offensive. What he did was much more offensive.
BEfanUK 10 months ago 11
@BEfanUK yes it was offensive what he did to his fellow artists......but it is not offensive believe that communims is a s....sistem..and it is not offensive the masterpices he has made and how he contribute to film history!!!!....this is an ward ceremony for films...they should leave the politic ideas for other place....but also...they have the right to not clap!!!!!!!!
Gaston088able 5 months ago
HUAC should have never existed anyway...Kazan is a great filmmaker
csharp1990 10 months ago
ture, Kazan had a wonderful career, great movies and all. But just think about all those writers, directors, actors whose future all got ruined, where are they now? who will applause for them? who even remember their names? shame on kazan!
barryzhu518 10 months ago 2
Kazan traidor, los nervios lo delatan, la cara de culpabilidad la tuvó hasta su muerte.
Ya debes estar quemándote en el infierno, miserable.
crock500 11 months ago
@crock500 ¿Traidor a quien o quienes? Kazan hubiera traicionado a su nación y a la libertad si hubiera militado o colaborado con los comunistas que deseaban subvertir las libertades y sustituirlas por su universo de terror y muerte. Kazan fue un maestro del cine, y además un estadounidense cabal y honrado. Sin duda. Todos hemos estado nerviosos alguna vez, pero sin que ello conlleve culpabilidad o remordimiento alguno.
hougomont 6 months ago
3:05 look for George Stevens Jr. on the left
NorthWest237 11 months ago
After reading of the careers which Elia Kazan destroyed I can not understand why anyone would appauld and bestow any honor upon him; some of those who were accused of being members of the communist party were in fact not members, some accused of being communists who exercised their constitutional rights were blacklisted. I am against Communism. Many of the people who were accused were Jewish (read about them online), do you think a Jewish person would join the Communist party or be sympathic?
MsHohenstaufen 11 months ago
@MsHohenstaufen Two words: Karl Marx!!!
Nomieghirl 7 months ago
For ratting out communist hollywood types, I would give him
an Olympic medal, a Nobel Prize, a Lifetime Achievement Award and the Congressional Medal of Honor.
During the 1975 Oscars, it was announced the Communists had taken South Vietnam. The Hollywood audience stood up and cheered, not knowing that hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese would soon find early graves via Marxist rule. Wherever a communist jackboot stomps on a face, there are leftists ready to excuse it.
sportshistorybuff 11 months ago
@sportshistorybuff And what about the vietnamese killed by american napalm or agent orange???
folladordeprostis 11 months ago
I understand those who applaud him and I understand those who does not.
He is a great director but he also damaged lots of people. As always we cant separate the good and the bad side of each of us.
DELLWOODBARKER 11 months ago 2
Does anyone see the absolutley blinding point to all this? Yes, he made incredible films, with a sterling talent.
BUT, he also just happened to have ruined the careers of several other equally talented people in the industry by willingly committing a dispicable act. In other words, where are THEIR awards?
Oh, that's right - they never got the chance to earn and accept them, because they were forced to live abroad because of him. Wake up, folks. It really happened, and he did it by choice.
chettmansberger 11 months ago
@chettmansberger At last! Thank God someone on this thread has actually spoken some sense! Thankyou! :)
I personally adore Elia Kazan's films...but I absolutely despise the treacherous, spineless, little scumbags, life destroying acts against his colleagues!, as you said...where was their chance at an amazing career or an Oscar? I can't believe these people are actually applauding Mcarthyites & their little, rat snitches! Oh yeah, & btw...Kazan was a ''Commie'' too! Go read a book you lot!!!
Nomieghirl 7 months ago
I just realised De Niro's bad haircut is because he was filming Rocky and Bullwinkle
40950999 11 months ago
Good riddance to bad garbage. Kazan chose to DESTROY the lives of EIGHT fellow human beings, just so he could stay in the good graces of HUAC. The man built his carreer on the backs of those victims, and were I there, I would not have applauded either: I'd have turned my back to this lowlife.
AnonymousSquirrel123 11 months ago
@AnonymousSquirrel123...Who are these human beings your referring to? I mean, I'm reading so much comments on how he destroyed many actors careers. I would like to know what actors?? Whats GOING ON with Ed harris and Nick Nolte NOT clapping?? I loved on the waterfront and East of Eden....WHATS GOING ON
freedomland11 10 months ago
hahahhahahaa, whats up with de niros hair?
arberkusari 11 months ago 3
LOL at Amy Madigan!
levanyzzuf 11 months ago
Splendor in the Grass sucked. Pure, unadulterated, shit.
loonmaniac 11 months ago
Marty? wheres marty? where are you marty?
Marty01Mcfly 11 months ago
32 people got ratted out by Kazan.
Ason1986 11 months ago 7
I will show this to my US History class, when I cover HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) which was known for investigating communism in the film industry.
heychiyu1 1 year ago
only honorable people stood for him, fuck this Nazi Ed Harris, and his ugly wife
cataloni10 1 year ago
@cataloni10 Nazi? Why, cause he looks like one, of because of his politics? (cause i wouldn't be surprised if Hollywood is all nazi or communist by now...)
Mirani2 11 months ago
only honorable people stood for him, F *** this Nazi Ed Harris, and his ugly wife
cataloni10 1 year ago
only honorable people stood for him, fuck this Nazi Ed Harris, and his ugly wife
cataloni10 1 year ago
only honorable people stood for him, fuck this Nazi Ed Harris, and his ugly wife
cataloni10 1 year ago
Bravo! to the director of some of my favourite movies. That's all.
WorthyTraitor 1 year ago
nick nolte pretends to be a bad ass too he looks like a little kid. if it wasnt for this man directors wouldn't feel the freedom they do now to show things as they are like he did in on the waterfront
inrwizards 1 year ago
im surprised de niro's hair didn't inspire more comments lol. too many politics and games to concentrate on the fact that de niro was making the adventures of rocky and bullwinkle at the time i believe. i wouldve rather he came with the mohawk from taxi driver
inrwizards 1 year ago
Ironically enough, Scorsese and DeNiro were in Guilty in Suspicion ABOUT The McCarthy Era and the whole Communist witch hunt.
ArribaAngel93 1 year ago
I wonder if great Tom Hanks applaud?
razbigranicu 1 year ago
People need to respect the choice of those who didn't applaud. If they had thrown rotten fruit at Kazan on stage, I would agree with your outrage. They showed perfect poise in their stance.
Messylin 1 year ago
@Messylin
agreed.
totopatter 5 months ago
Nice hair DeNiro
NGSFilms 1 year ago
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territorialpissings5 1 year ago
@territorialpissings5
"Do not agree with" ? He ruined the careers of many equally talented artists, not to mention their lives - to the point of them being forced to live abroad for their own safety. Ever hear the word "Blacklist"? It din't just mean not being hired. This was the 50's we're talking about, and it was as very real as people building bomb shelter in their own back yards. Only, this wasn't neighborhood or even Hollywood gossip. It went beyond, all the way to Washington. Wake up.
chettmansberger 11 months ago
Kazan had a wonderful career, made many incredible films. But he helped to irreversibly tarnish, damage and cut short the careers of many talented people in Hollywood just to serve his own purposes. the oscar recognizes his achievements as a cinematic director, and he deserves it on that merit alone. same as Roman Polanski. it's not an award for being a good person.
jigsaw9919 1 year ago 26
@jigsaw9919 finally a voice of reason. The guy was a douche bag who saved his own skin but made wonderful films.
rrtodd95 1 year ago
Al margen de cualquier discusion politica o de delacion, la contribucion de Elia Kazan al cine y teatro americano es ENORME. Fundador del Actors Studio, lanzo las carreras de Marlon Brando, Warren Beatty (Que lo reconocio al aplaudirlo) y Robert De Niro, y realizo obras maestras como Viva Zapato u On The Waterfront entre otras.
swhelpley1001 1 year ago