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On the Waterfront : I Coulda Been a Contender

Terry (Marlon Brando) tells his older brother, Charley (Rod Steiger), he might testify against the mob and laments the life he could've had if they hadn't gotten involved with the corrupt union.

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dialogue, dissolve, framing, high angle, medium close-up, medium shot, music, empathetic, music, nondiegetic, one-shot, performance, reverse angle, shot/reverse shot, static camera, tilt, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

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

"I Coulda Been a Contender" in On the Waterfront. Directed by Elia Kazan, Columbia Pictures, 1954, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=4063

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