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The Wild One

2023·Movie
1h 35min
64
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Good for friends night · teens · thought-provoking

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In the work of Jack Garfein - Holocaust survivor, theater and film director, key figure in the formation of the Actors Studio - past and and present freely intermingled to contribute to memorable stage productions and in two films, many which were ahead of their time in tackling such issues as homosexuality, race and violence. Powered by his vivid recollections and augmented with readings by Willem Dafoe, The Wild One traces Garfein’s life: his Czechoslovakian youth, his family’s fleeing the Nazis, surviving in Auschwitz and other camps, his 1946 arrival at 16 in New York and coming under the wing of Lee Strasberg, Hollywood, his marriage to actress Carroll Baker.
Holocaust Survivor MemoirActors Studio HistoryNon-Linear BiographyTheatrical & Cinematic LegacyWillem Dafoe NarrationPost-War HollywoodTrauma and ResilienceDocumentary HybridCultural Archive

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64
DecentGoodWatch score

Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 64 (IMDb 6.9).

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Mostly character-driven: it leans on pathos (8 of 10) and character depth (7 of 10) more than on its plot.