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Film director

Edward Dmytryk was a renowned film director known for his exceptional contributions to war films and noir cinema. His unique style and profound insights into human nature and the horrors of war have left a lasting impact on audiences.

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Famous Edward Dmytryk Quotes

“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.”

Want Names Simple Party Communist Immoral Martyr Communist Party

Author:Edward Dmytryk

“The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.”

Should Film Mere Dramatic Editing Requirements Aesthetics Precedence

Book:On Film Editing

Source: On Film Editing

“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 films which have little to do with humanity.”

Ifs Humans Littles Film Used Humanity Situation Skills Guise Good Films Technical Skills

Book:On Film Editing

Source: On Film Editing

“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 democratic structure I would fight the Party to the bitter end.”

Ifs Ends Choices Fighting Party Structure Democratic Traditional Bitter

Book:It's a hell of a life, but not a bad living

Source: It's a hell of a life, but not a bad living

“In art, the obvious is a sin.”

Art Sin Obvious

Book:On Film Editing

Source: On Film Editing

“I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.”

Whole Lines Meetings Communist

Author: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.”

Persons Half Dozen Single Person

Author:Edward Dmytryk

“With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names.”

Names Party Communist Communist Party

Author: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 which I had grown to dislike and distrust.”

Long Party Careers Sacrifice My Family Defense Communist Dislike Distrust Communist Party

Book:It's a hell of a life, but not a bad living

Source: It's a hell of a life, but not a bad living

“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 were known to the Committee.”

People Long Party Known Als Committees Handful Fbi

Author:Edward Dmytryk

About the Author

Born: September 4, 1908
Died: July 1, 1999
Known for: Film director
Quotes: 10

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On Film EditingRelated source material

It's a hell of a life, but not a bad livingRelated source material

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