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

~Edward Dmytryk

Topics: Communist Communist Party Defending Me Names Naming Party Something Than Worse

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In art, the obvious is a sin.

~Edward Dmytryk

Topics: Art Obvious Sin

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Technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity.

~Edward Dmytryk

Topics: Counts Films Humanity Little Manufacture Nothing Only Skill Technical Used Which

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The film's dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.

~Edward Dmytryk

Topics: Aesthetic Always Dramatic Editing Film Mere Over Precedence Requirements Should Take

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The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene.

~Edward Dmytryk

Topics: Another Cut Improve Only Reason Scene Using

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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.

~Edward Dmytryk

Topics: Between Bitter Choice Democratic Down End Ever Fight Got Knew Our Party Structure Traditional Would

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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.

~Edward Dmytryk

Topics: Al Been Before Committee Few Few People Had Handful Knew Known Literally Long Only Party People Were Whom Fbi

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

~Edward Dmytryk

Topics: Along Communist Communists Lines Meeting See Surprised Whole

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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.

~Edward Dmytryk

Topics: Been Being Believed Career Communist Communist Party Defense Dislike Distrust Family Forced Grown Had Long Party Sacrifice Separated Which

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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

Topics: Been He Least Named Person Single Single Person Times

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: September 4th, 1908

Died: July 1st, 1999

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