Kazan on Directing
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Paperback · January 12, 2010
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.
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- Who it’s for
- Kazan’s notes and reflections make directing feel like a craft of close reading, instinct, and choice.
- Themes
- Directing craft, Script analysis, Creative process
- Genres
- Director Studies, Film Direction & Production, Theater Production & Direction
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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.
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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.
Inside the Director’s Mind
Kazan’s notes and reflections make directing feel like a craft of close reading, instinct, and choice.
Come here for
- A view of how one director finds a script’s core
- Reflections spanning stage and screen
Expect
- Notebook excerpts, letters, interviews, and autobiography
- Advice for artists, writers, actors, and directors
Where it sits
| Film Direction & Production | 56% |
|---|---|
| Theater Production & Direction | 46% |
| Director Studies | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in Entertainment
- Film Direction & Production
- Stagecraft
- Authors
- Elia Kazan
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- January 12, 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Directing craft · Script analysis · Creative process
- Reading lane
- Lives in Entertainment