Synopses & Reviews
In this collection of interviews, renowned Academy Award-winning director Elia Kazan (On the Waterfront, East of Eden, Gentleman's Agreement, Splendor in the Grass, Baby Doll, The Last Tycoon, A Face in the Crowd, and others) reveals with brutal honesty the joys and complications of production and his unique insights on acting, directing, and producing. 60 black & white movie stills and posters, Index, Filmography.
Synopsis
Selected by the Los Angeles Times as one of the Best Books of 1999, these never-before-published interviews conducted in the early 1970s are an invaluable addition to film scholarship, [which]allows aspiring filmmakers to study the working methods and wisdom of one of our greatest artists. -- Martin Scorsese
About the Author
Jeff Young is a writer, producer, and director, who served as studio head for three major film companies and was involved in the production of over forty films, including
Blade Runner,
Emerald Forest, and
This is Spinal Tap. He lives in Los Angeles.
Elia Kazan directed A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; The Sea of Grass; Boomerang; Gentleman's Agreement; Pinky; Panic in the Streets; A Streetcar Named Desire; Viva Zapata!; Man on a Tightrope; On the Waterfront; East of Eden; Baby Doll; A Face in the Crowd; Wild River; Splendor in the Grass; America, America; The Arrangement; The Visitors; and The Last Tycoon.