Month: June 2020

Originally posted on Under 5 minute & Smartphone festival:
The Americanization of Emily (1964)Written by Paddy ChayefskyDirected by Arthur Hiller You didn’t see a lot of films in the wake of World War II that called military action into question. You would see a slew of anti-war films twenty-odd years out from Vietnam. But on the…

Originally posted on Under 5 minute & Smartphone festival:
Marty (1955)Written by Paddy ChayefskyDirected by Delbert Mann Paddy Chayefsky was born Sidney Chayefsky in the Bronx to Russian-Jewish immigrants. While serving in World War II, he got the nickname “Paddy,” which stuck with him for the rest of his life. During this time, he was wounded…