Communist Quotes by Edward Dmytryk

The 'human situation,' in all its guises, is what good films are all about, and technical skill counts for nothing if it is used…

— Edward Dmytryk

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

— Edward Dmytryk

I only knew a few people, literally a handful of people, al of whom had been in the Party long before I was, all…

— Edward Dmytryk

In art, the obvious is a sin.

— Edward Dmytryk

I knew that if it ever got down to a choice between the Party and our traditional democratic structure I would fight the Party…

— Edward Dmytryk

With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names. I did not want to remain a martyr…

— Edward Dmytryk

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

— Edward Dmytryk

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

— Edward Dmytryk

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

— 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.

— 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…

— Edward Dmytryk

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

— Edward Dmytryk