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October 09, 2009 Film » Video Essays

Is On the Waterfront Really a McCarthyite Film? 

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Tonight, Film Forum kicks off an Elia Kazan series with his American classic On the Waterfront, a film often considered the filmmaker's self-justification for naming names to the House Un-American Activities Committee. In this video essay, Matt Zoller Seitz wonders if the truth isn't more complicated. (Click here for an expanded transcript.)

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