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01-08-2008, 08:48 PM

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george kaplan

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Re: Track the Films You Watch (2008)

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It's too bad that directors and any artist can't be judged on their work without all the baggage that shadows them from their personal life.

Well considering that what Kazan did was part of blacklisting writers and actors and preventing them from working in Hollywood and doing their work, it's not just something in his "personal life" but something he did that very much adversely affected Hollywood product as well as people's lives.

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