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Elia Kazan

    September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003

    Elia Kazan was a celebrated film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter, and novelist who co-founded the influential Actors Studio. His work was characterized by a profound exploration of human psychology and complex moral dilemmas. Kazan focused on authentic portrayals of characters and societal issues, leaving an indelible mark on both cinema and theatre.

    Elia Kazan
    An American Odyssey
    Acts of Love
    A Life
    Kazan on Directing
    The Assassins
    The Arrangement
    • Kazan on Directing

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.2(52)Add rating

      Elia Kazan was the twentieth century’s most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this monumental, revelatory book shows us the master at work. Kazan’s list of Broadway and Hollywood successes—A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, On the Waterfront, to name a few—is a testament to his profound impact on the art of directing. This remarkable book, drawn from his notebooks, letters, interviews, and autobiography, reveals Kazan’s method: how he uncovered the “spine,” or core, of each script; how he analyzed each piece in terms of his own experience; and how he determined the specifics of his production. And in the final section, “The Pleasures of Directing”—written during Kazan’s final years—he becomes a wise old pro offering advice and insight for budding artists, writers, actors, and directors.

      Kazan on Directing
    • Stage director of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "On The Waterfront" among others, tells of his background from a Greek immigrant family in New York to the heights of success and his controversial relationships with legendary figures like Marlon Brando, Tennessee Williams and James Dean.

      A Life
    • An American Odyssey

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      A collection of writings by Elia Kazan, co-founder of the Actors Studio, producer of plays by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller and director of "On the Waterfront", "East of Eden" and "Splendour in the Grass". Here he discusses a range of topics from politics and directing to the actors he knew.

      An American Odyssey
    • Erweiterte Neuausgabe der deutschen Erstausgabe von Amerika Amerika von 1963. Amerika Amerika (1963/64) war ursprünglich als reines Filmscript gedacht, und so liest sich der Roman wie die Beschreibung eines Films in einfachen, dabei intensiven und anschaulichen Bildern, wodurch das Buch auch zu einem mustergültigen Beispiel für filmisches Erzählen wird. Basierend auf seiner eigenen Familiengeschichte erzählt Kazan den abenteuerlichen Weg eines jungen Griechen aus dem Südosten der Türkei nach Amerika, dem »Land der Freiheit«, vor dem Hintergrund der Unterdrückung der griechischen und armenischen Minderheiten zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Der Band enthält weiterhin als deutsche Erstveröffentlichungen zwei Gespräche mit Elia Kazan über die Entstehungsgeschichte und die Hintergründe des Films America America. In einem umfangreichen Interview zu On The Waterfront beschreibt Kazan auf faszinierende Weise seine Arbeit als Drehbuchautor und Regisseur, insbesondere die Dreharbeiten mit Marlon Brando, und nimmt Stellung zu seinen umstrittenen Aussagen vor dem Komitee für unamerikanische Aktivitäten (HUAC) in der McCarthy-Ära.

      Filmarbeit