Film Icons: Elia Kazan / Eva Marie Saint

电影偶像:Elia Kazan / Eva Marie Saint

Fresh Air

2024-08-24

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We begin our series celebrating classic movies with Terry Gross' 1988 interview with On the Waterfront director Elia Kazan, as well as a 2020 interview with his granddaughter, actor Zoe Kazan. Plus, we'll hear from the film's romantic lead, actor Eva Marie Saint, who told Fresh Air in 2000 that she got the part after improvising with Marlon Brando. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • From why y in Philadelphia.

  • This is fresh air weekend.

  • Im Sam Brieger.

  • Today we begin our series celebrating classic movies with a look back at Ilya Kazans 1954 drama on the waterfront.

  • I could have been a contender.

  • I could have been somebody instead of a bum.

  • The landmark film is an early masterpiece of the post World War Two era of filmmaking.

  • Well listen back to Terrys interview with the films director Ilya Kazan, as well as an interview with his granddaughter, actor Zoe Kazanh.

  • Plus, we'll hear how the film's romantic lead actor, Eva Marie Saint, got the part after improvising with Marlon Brando.

  • We were dancing.

  • We were laughing.

  • I was crying.

  • He was taking my skirt and whipping it around.

  • And the sparks flew.

  • And Kazan saw that.

  • And suddenly I was on the waterfront.