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In East of Eden Kazan demonstrates again that he is a director of wide abilities. He has passion, taste, a rare sense of the whole, a warm care for little things. He is a man, above all, who knows exactly what he wants and exactly how to get it. He leaves very little room for bad luck—or for good luck either. In his direction there are few interventions of divine inspiration; Kazan has enough inspirations of his own. Something valuable is gained: intelligence and control. Something invaluable is lost: innocence and mystery.