Every Best Picture - On the Waterfront (1954) with Mike Hostench - Academy Award Winners Series

Producer, writer and festival impresario Mike Hostench joins us from Madrid as we unpack the 1954 Marlon Brando classic "On the Waterfront"

0:00 - Introduction

1:10 - Getting to know our guest Mike Hostench

4:30 - Why Mike chose “On the Waterfront” to review with us

6:20 - On the Waterfront’s Christian imagery

7:50 - Mike explains why he considers the film “noir”

16:20 - Karl Malden

20:32 - Leonard Bernstein’s score

22:54 - Elia Kazan

43:21 - "On the Waterfront" at the Academy Awards