Kazan's body of work is great; ditto for Riefenstahl.
I try to separate the work from the person's private life. For example, I think Axl Rose is a retard, but I think Guns n' Roses was great.
I see Kazan's situation like this: he's not from the US, he was a member of the Communist Party, and government folks wanted to talk to him. I'd probably be shitting my pants at this point, and would probably be looking out for myself and myself only. Is what he did right? *shrugs* It depends, really...
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