(1963) America, America
DRAMA/ ADVENTURE
Produced, written and directed by critically acclaimed director Elia Kazan, directing yet his most personal film, which the story is a reflection of his actual uncle before coming to the United States. Despite the almost three hour running time, it's 85% of childhood backlashing his own country which is somewhere in Greece. For the first half hour or so, has Stavros Topouzoglou's (Stathis Giallelis) in the middle of a political struggle between the Armenians and the Greeks. Then the film centers on his exploits, once his family entrusts him with everything they have. And it was there he experiences thieving and liars, for which Stavros has to result to doing as well, if he want to make good on a promise to his dad. It's sometimes very excruciating to watch, since viewers instinctively know when bad stuff is going to happen, if people were to watch as many movies as I have, those scenes of bad luck are unnecessary, encouraging me to use my fast-forward button while playing on many scenes and still be able to get what's happening. Also, as a result of watching "America, America" we also get to understand a little about Elia Kazan, the person, as he used to blacklist many people in the film industry, by speaking before the "House Committee on Un-American Activities" in 1952 during the McCarthy era. I just couldn't stop thinking about that era while watching "America, America". Won one Oscar out of 4 nominations.
Produced, written and directed by critically acclaimed director Elia Kazan, directing yet his most personal film, which the story is a reflection of his actual uncle before coming to the United States. Despite the almost three hour running time, it's 85% of childhood backlashing his own country which is somewhere in Greece. For the first half hour or so, has Stavros Topouzoglou's (Stathis Giallelis) in the middle of a political struggle between the Armenians and the Greeks. Then the film centers on his exploits, once his family entrusts him with everything they have. And it was there he experiences thieving and liars, for which Stavros has to result to doing as well, if he want to make good on a promise to his dad. It's sometimes very excruciating to watch, since viewers instinctively know when bad stuff is going to happen, if people were to watch as many movies as I have, those scenes of bad luck are unnecessary, encouraging me to use my fast-forward button while playing on many scenes and still be able to get what's happening. Also, as a result of watching "America, America" we also get to understand a little about Elia Kazan, the person, as he used to blacklist many people in the film industry, by speaking before the "House Committee on Un-American Activities" in 1952 during the McCarthy era. I just couldn't stop thinking about that era while watching "America, America". Won one Oscar out of 4 nominations.