As I watch this movie I think of where I live, Hoboken. It was also filmed for 36 days on the Hoboken waterfront. This movie is popular for its iconic performances and its clear and crisp direct imagery. This film is also iconic because of its speeches such as Terry's "I coulda been a contenda" speech as well as Father Barry's speech about standing up for what is right. This movie is built mostly on the monologues which allow the words to do all of the work. The cinematography is stunning, he uses the bird's eye views on the docks at night, veiled in the shadows, the streets are quite and empty aside from the gangsters doing their unlawfully work. Kazan as I stated above basically stands aside and lets the actors speak their powerful and that is mainly enough to make this movie as great as it is. One seen that speaks out to me the most is when Terry admits to Edie that he convinced her brother to go to the roof where he was pushed off and died by Johnny's thugs. The scene is set on the rocks of the waterfront; a lot of the words that are spoken are overthrown by the whistle of the ship that is near them. K azan shoots back and forth between Edie and Terry. Edie has eyes full of tears and her hands over her mouth while Terry is frantically trying to explain himself; he is in pain as he tries to explain to Edie why he got her brother killed, and why he cares about it. During Terry's speech it is hard to understand as the ships whistle makes it hard to comprehend anything terry is saying. However, Terry's words are familiar; they are just words that he's been using throughout the movie: he didn't know they killed him, he cannot talk about it, and he needs to look out for himself. While Terry speaks these words, Kazan keeps the focus on the faces of the actors as they silently communicate their agony and heartbreak. Kazan also emphasizes how empty Terry's words are, how meaningless they are to Edie as she is in express grief. The lig