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. |
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. |
Technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity. |
I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines. |
The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene. |
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. |
Not a single person I named hadn't already been named at least a half-dozen times and wasn't already on he blacklist. |
The film's dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing. |
With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names. |
In art, the obvious is a sin. |