Release Date:- 2009-04-21
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Elia Kazan was the twentieth centuryās most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this monumental, revelatory book shows us the master at work. Kazanās list of Broadway and Hollywood successesāA Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, On the Waterfront, to name a fewāis a testament to his profound impact on the art of directing. This remarkable book, drawn from his notebooks, letters, interviews, and autobiography, reveals Kazanās method: how he uncovered the āspine,ā 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, āThe Pleasures of Directingāāwritten during Kazanās final yearsāhe becomes a wise old pro offering advice and insight for budding artists, writers, actors, and directors.