The American Way
NR
6.7
1962
0 hr 10 min
Comedy
A comedy short which pokes merry anarchistic fun at such quintessential American institutions as mom, baseball, and apple pie. It features an early appearance from actor John Cazale.
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- Cast：
- John Cazale , John Heffernan
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The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
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The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
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There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
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It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
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