Controversial Freedom: Elia Kazan in the U.S. Film Industry
Abstract
Elia Kazan is seen as a controversial artist; on the one hand he is regarded as a director of masterpieces, but on the other hand he is remembered as a “friendly witness” in the 1950s when Hollywood was politically infiltrated by the Senator Joseph McCarthy committee. There is no doubt Kazan was an individualist who had always fought for freedom in the cinema. Misiak shows the artistic road of the director, his problems with censorship, demonstrating in this way the paradox of democracy and American culture.
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Elia Kazan, Joseph McCarthy, censorshipReferences
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Anna Misiakkwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
University of Warsaw Poland
Absolwentka socjologii w Szkole Nauk Społecznych przy Instytucie Filozofii i Socjologii PAN. Stypendystka Fulbrighta na University of Southern California w Los Angeles. Pracuje w Ośrodku Studiów Amerykańskich na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim.
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