Pie in the Sky

This film is interesting because it stars Elia Kazan. Kazan acted for some time before becoming a world-famous director of such films as "On the Waterfront". Here, he's acting in an experimental film made by some theater group. Unfortunately, the film itself is pretty awful--and amazingly amateurish considering its made by folks studying to be professional actors. To me, it comes off very poorly and you'd never suspect that any of these folks would go on to have great careers--at least in film! The short features bad music, some VERY goofy camera work (with VERY close up shots that just look like they're done by someone who's never used a camera) and, at times, it seems a bit pointless. The point, if there is one, seems to be rather anti-clerical--and I could sure see this offending many folks when it debuted, though I doubt if very many people actually got around to seeing this...those lucky fools!