Elia Kazan Boeken
Elia Kazan was een gevierd film- en theaterregisseur, producent, scenarioschrijver en romanschrijver die mede-oprichter was van de invloedrijke Actors Studio. Zijn werk kenmerkte zich door een diepgaande verkenning van de menselijke psychologie en complexe morele dilemma's. Kazan richtte zich op authentieke portretten van personages en maatschappelijke kwesties, waarmee hij een onuitwisbare stempel drukte op zowel de cinema als het theater.







The Assassins
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Master Sergeant Cesario Flores is a troubled man. A career non-com, he feels safe in his well-ordered life. So when his precious daughter Juana joins the tuned-in, dropped-out generation, Flores breaks into little pieces...with murder the result. THE ASSASSINS is set in the United States during the '70s, a violent time at home and abroad. It's about two specific murders, but more than that it focused on a murderous way of life.
The Anatolian
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Anatólčan je najnovším románom slávneho amerického režiséra a spisovateľa Eliu Kazana, ktorý voľne nadväzuje na jeho prvú prózu Amerika, Amerika. Dej sa začína v roku 1909 v New Yorku, kde sa opäť stretávame so Stavrosom, ktorý po desiatich rokoch v Amerike očakáva príchod svojej rodiny. Splnil otcov sen a teší sa na slobodu, no z lode vystúpi iba matka a súrodenci, pretože otec zomrel deň pred vyplávaním. Stavros sa musí znova postaviť na čelo rodiny, prevziať zodpovednosť a stať sa tvrdým vodcom, ktorý vyžaduje absolútnu poslušnosť. Zmenená situácia však vedie k vzbure súrodencov, ktorí sa začínajú od neho odcudzovať. Stavros ostáva sám a čelí sklamaniu, keď zistí, že Amerika ho neprijme. Hoci je dobrodruh a hazardér, v detstve mu vštepili prísny kódex cti, ktorý zahŕňa vernosť rodine a úctu k tradíciám. Spočiatku sa domnieva, že majetok a moc sú kľúčom k prežitiu, no nakoniec si uvedomuje, že nesmie stratiť sám seba. Román zachytáva charakter národa poznačeného päťstoročnou tureckou porobou, no zároveň si uvedomuje svoju kultúrnu tradíciu. Kazanov román nás strhne svojou dramatickosťou a vášnivosťou.
Kazan on Directing
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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.
Stage director of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "On The Waterfront" among others, tells of his background from a Greek immigrant family in New York to the heights of success and his controversial relationships with legendary figures like Marlon Brando, Tennessee Williams and James Dean.
Ethel is a woman hungry for a strong man's love. She indulges her appetites early, dipping into lives and beds and breaking off--unsatisfied, unfulfilled, ravenous still. She goes from man to man without guilt. Until, finally, someone has to stop her.
An American Odyssey
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A collection of writings by Elia Kazan, co-founder of the Actors Studio, producer of plays by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller and director of "On the Waterfront", "East of Eden" and "Splendour in the Grass". Here he discusses a range of topics from politics and directing to the actors he knew.
The Understudy
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