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On the Waterfront : Opening Sequence

Terry (Marlon Brando) lures Joey (Ben Wagner) onto the roof, where is he then ambushed and killed. Joey's sister, Edie (Eva Marie Saint), talks with the priest, Father Pete Barry (Karl Malden).

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ambient sound , backlighting, crosscutting, dissolve, establishing shot, establishing sound, eyeline match, fade-in, following shot, high angle, long shot, low angle, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, music, nondiegetic, over the shoulder shot, overhead shot, pan, reverse angle, tilt, two-shot

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LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White, White: White American

"Opening Sequence" in On the Waterfront. Directed by Elia Kazan, Columbia Pictures, 1954, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=4058

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