Wanting more information on that taxicab scene in On the Waterfront, I’ve consulted hard copy – Elia Kazan: A Life
The clip from this scene is in the post Budd Schulberg RIP – i could’ve been a contender. And the script excerpt is in On The Waterfront – INT—TAXICAB—EVENING.
Published in 1988, Kazan’s autobiography contains many [...]
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Aug 07
On the Waterfront – Elia Kazan – taxicab – I didn’t direct that
Aug 07
On The Waterfront – INT—TAXICAB—EVENING
Following up on the previous Budd Schulberg post, below is the taxicab excerpt from On the Waterfront.
One of the great things about this scene is how the actors have elevated the writing. Marlon Brando makes “i could’ve been a contender” one of the most memorable lines in film history, Number 3 on the American [...]
Aug 06
Budd Schulberg RIP – i could’ve been a contender
Actors need great writing and Budd Schulberg was one great writer. He wrote the screenplays for On the Waterfront in 1954, A Face in the Crowd 1957 both directed by Elia Kazan, and The Harder They Fall, in 1956.
The iconic scene from On The Waterfront with Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy and Rod Steiger [...]
