For Elia Kazan:
A Birthday Song:
Las Mañanitas
(Song, lyrics, and animated story)
Today is the anniversary of the opening of the New York Post Office Building in 1914.
Today is National Postal Workers Day.
From the website Elia Kazan: Postage Paid…
“Many years later Kazan said ‘Viva Zapata!,’ which he was filming during the time of his committee testimony, ‘was structured to expose the ineffectiveness of idealistic revolutionaries, I believe that democracy progresses through internecine war, through constant tension – we grow only through conflict. And that’s what democracy is. In that sense, people have to be vigilant, and that vigilance is effective. I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.’ This was a profound statement about his values and beliefs. Kazan never backed away from his statements.”
Note: In honor of Kazan and of Brando, who really is a contender, the background music of this website has been hushed, so that those who click “A Birthday Song” above can hear it clearly.