Edward Dmytryk

In art, the obvious is a sin. ↗

— Edward Dmytryk

#obvious #sin

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

#being #believed #career #communist #communist party

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

#been #before #committee #fbi #few

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

— Edward Dmytryk

#communist #communists #i #lines #meeting

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

#been #dozen times #hadn #half-dozen #i

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

— Edward Dmytryk

#films #humanity #little #manufacture #nothing

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

— Edward Dmytryk

#dramatic #editing #film #mere #over

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

— Edward Dmytryk

#cut #improve #only #reason #scene

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

— Edward Dmytryk

#communist party #defending #me #names #naming