With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names. I did not want to remain a martyr to something that I absolutely believed was immoral and wrong. It's as simple as that.
The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing. - Edward Dmytryk
The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.
- Edward Dmytryk
With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names. - Edward Dmytryk
With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names.
Not a single person I named hadn't already been named at least a half-dozen times and wasn't already on he blacklist. - Edward Dmytryk
Not a single person I named hadn't already been named at least a half-dozen times and wasn't already on he blacklist.
I only knew a few people, literally a handful of people, al of whom had been in the Party long before I was, all of whom were known by the FBI and we… - Edward Dmytryk
I only knew a few people, literally a handful of people, al of whom had been in the Party long before I was, all of whom were known by the FBI and we…
With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names. I did not want to remain a martyr to something that I ab… - Edward Dmytryk
With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names. I did not want to remain a martyr to something that I ab…
The 'human situation,' in all its guises, is what good films are all about, and technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture … - Edward Dmytryk
The 'human situation,' in all its guises, is what good films are all about, and technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture …
I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had long been separated and w… - Edward Dmytryk
I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had long been separated and w…
I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines. - Edward Dmytryk
I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.
I knew that if it ever got down to a choice between the Party and our traditional democratic structure I would fight the Party and our traditional de… - Edward Dmytryk
I knew that if it ever got down to a choice between the Party and our traditional democratic structure I would fight the Party and our traditional de…
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