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Kazan on Directing
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Elia Kazan was the midtwentieth centurys most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this book shows us the master at work.Kazan directed virtually back to back the greatest American dramas of the eraby Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williamsand revolutionized theatre and film with dynamic action, poetic staging, and rigorous naturalism. His list of Broadway and Hollywood successesA Streetcar Named Desire (stage and screen), All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, On the Waterfront, East of Eden, Baby Doll, America America, to name only a fewis a testament to his profound impact on the art of directing. Kazans insights into these and other classic stage works shaped their subsequent productionsand continue to do so. There is no directorial achievement in America equal to his.This remarkable book, drawn from his notebooks, letters, interviews, and autobiography, reveals Kazans method: how he uncovered for himself the spine or core of each script and each character; how he analyzed each piece in terms of his own experience; how he determined the specifics of his production, from casting and costuming to set design and cinematography. And we see how he worked with writers on scripts and with actors on interpretation.The final section, The Pleasures of Directingessays Kazan was writing in his last decadeis informal, provocative, candid, and passionate; a wise old pro sharing the secrets of his craft, advising us how to search for ourselves in each project, how to fight the system, and how to have fun doing it.Published in Kazans centenary year, this monumental, revelatory book, edited by Robert Cornfield, is essential reading for everyone interested in American movies and theatre.
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