On The Waterfront
On The Waterfront On The Waterfront was clearly produced in an effort to justify director Elia Kazan’s actions infront of the House Of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Behind the thin mask of his low budget film, Kazan displays his resoning in naming names to the government. Through his award-winning screenplay and cast of elite actors, Kazan made this symbolic film in effort to save his good name at a cruital point in his career. On the surface, On The Waterfront is a extremly powerful drama. The film seems to be centered around the large corruption problems that are involved in unionism. Set on the New York docks, the film shows the union workers struggeling to make ends meat.