IB Film Commentary – On the Waterfront
Introduction:
On the Waterfront is a 1954 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan, which is a character study/gangster picture about a low-life dockworker Terry Molloy (Marlon Brando), who begins to question the unscrupulous methods his gangland bosses inflict on the other dockworkers in mid- 20th-century New Jersey.
On the Waterfront is an incredibly well-regarded and influential film, both for its Expressionistic direction and cinematography (by Boris Kaufman) and the breakout performance of its star, Marlon Brando, and is still considered one of the greatest films of all time.
The film won eight of the twelve Oscars it was
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