Elia Kazan: A Life
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (886 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0306808048 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 860 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kazan offered names to the House Un-American Activities Committee. One of the most important theater autobiographies of the 1980s, Elia Kazan: A Life, has finally been released in paperback. He lived his life intensely, a life in which a single word could transform you, where a misdeed might be "never forgotten or forgiven." Such were the times, and Kazan captures them with appropriate drama. . The extra decade adds to the book's poignancy and its value: a history of backstage personalities and politics in the 20th century is included in this release. Though this book is framed, like so much of Kazan's best stage and film work, as a lifelong search for man's proper relationship to society, the book serves as a massive explanation and apologia for Kazan's one monumental lapse. Elia Kazan was a founding member of the Group Theatre, was among those shouting "Strike! Strike!" on the legendary opening
Neil Silver said Terrific book I wanted never to end but couldn't put down for very long. A marvelous, well-written, thoughtful, informative book. Worked on for more than a decade, and based on an earlier decade of fiction writing, it encompasses so much: the author's life and loves; his character assessments of dozens of Broadway and Hollywood moguls, producers, . "i very much enjoyed reading kazan's autobiography" according to Kani Xulam. i very much enjoyed reading kazan's autobiography. i am a kurd from turkey and was curious of his take on the turks, the oppressors of greeks and kurds alike. the stories of his parents were one thing; those of his relatives, still living in turkey, were incredibly revealing.. A Book That Changed Everything for Me!!! The sheer honesty of this autobiography is the most astonishing thing i took away from this book.The writing style is unassailable.Despite all his marital infidelities confessed, I came out loving him and wishing I had met him. What a man! How he went from a "disappointment"
Kazan also retraces his own decision to inform for the House Un-American Activities Committee, illuminating much of what may be obscured in McCarthy literature.. Elia Kazan's varied life and career is related here in his autobiography. He reveals his working relationships with his many collaborators, including Harold Clurman, Lee Strasberg, Clifford Odets, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, James Dean, John Steinbeck and Darryl Zanuck, and describes his directing "style" as he sees it, in terms of position, movement, pace, rhythm and his own limitations