Authors: Elia Kazan, Jeff Young, Jeff Young
ISBN-13: 9781557043382, ISBN-10: 1557043388
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Newmarket Press
Date Published: April 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Kazan: The Master Director Discusses His Films, which in effect is an oral history undertaken under the aegis of Jeff Young, Newmarket Press has an extraordinary book of disclosures pertaining to the character, expertise, the personality and genius of Elia Kazan, who discusses on a count-by-count basis the whole gamut of his filmmaking, and the Hollywood backdrop, which sponsored and spawned his preeminent artistic successes.
Remarkably candid and detailed....Jeff Young's book offers details about Elia Kazan's casting descisions, hisdirectorial technique and his personal views on all his classic films. What makes the book especially timely is Mr. Kazan's discussion of the link between some of his films and his congressional testimony.....
What the Catcher Said to the Pitcher: An Interview with Elia | |
Kazan | 7 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | 17 |
The Sea of Grass | 27 |
Boomerang | 39 |
Gentleman's Agreement | 45 |
Pinky | 52 |
Panic in the Streets | 61 |
A Streetcar Named Desire | 77 |
Viva Zapata! | 89 |
Man on a Tightrope | 109 |
On the Waterfront | 115 |
East of Eden | 195 |
Baby Doll | 223 |
A Face in the Crowd | 231 |
Wild River | 255 |
Splendor in the Grass | 263 |
America America | 271 |
The Arrangement | 289 |
The Visitors | 303 |
The Last Tycoon | 315 |
Afterword:HimselfUndiminished | 327 |
Credits | 337 |
Index | 359 |