Kazan on Directing

Elia Kazan edited by Robert Cornfield

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.

Foreword by John Lahr Preface by Martin Scorsese Introduction by Robert Cornfield  THE DIRECTOR’S NOTESPLAYSFor the Group Theatre   Style and Spine, Style in the Theatre, Quiet CityHot NocturneThe Skin of Our TeethDunnigan’s Daughter Truckline Café All My SonsA Streetcar Named DesireDeath of a SalesmanCamino RealCat on a Hot Tin RoofJ.B.Sweet Bird of Youth SHORT TAKESThe Young Go First; Casey Jones; It’s Up to You;One Touch of Venus; Jacobowsky and the Colonel; Deep Are the Roots; Tea and Sympathy;The Dark at the Top of the Stairs; After the Fall;The Changeling; The Chain FILMSA Tree Grows in BrooklynBoomerang!Gentleman’s AgreementPanic in the StreetsA Streetcar Named DesireViva Zapata!On the WaterfrontEast of EdenBaby DollA Face in the CrowdWild RiverSplendor in the Grass America America The ArrangementThe Last Tycoon SHORT TAKESSea of Grass; Pinky; Man on a Tightrope; The Visitors THE PLEASURES OF DIRECTINGOn What Makes a DirectorThe Pleasures of Directing Afterword by Robert CornfieldChronologyBibliography Notes AcknowledgmentsIndex