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Elia Kazan: The Cinema of an American Outsider

By Brian Neve

Book information

Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Year
2008
ISBN
1845115600, 9781845115609
LCC
PN1998.3.K39 N48 2009
Open Library ID
OL23607069M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4081661 bytes)
Series
Cinema and Society
Pages
265\265
Topic
Art Cinema
Library
demonoid.me
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

Drawing on new and previously neglected sources, this book is an expert and timely reassessment of Elia Kazan’s life in the cinema. The result is a fresh and memorable portrait of both the man and his work which highlights the remarkable and enduring contribution to American, and world, cinema of this ever fascinating, Oscar-winning director. Author Brian Neve examines Kazan’s key artistic collaborations--with actors such as Marlon Brando and James Dean and playwrights such as Tennessee Williams and John Steinbeck--and analyzes his cinematic style, from visual techniques to recurrent themes in films such as A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront. He takes an in-depth look at the controversial Congressional testimony which Kazan gave to HUAC in 1952, for which he was ostracized by many, and which often overshadowed his cinematic achievements. Neve also assesses Kazan and his films in a wider political and cultural context, tracing the evolution of the filmmaking process through the changing role of the studio, the Red Scares of the late 1940s, and the censorship debates of the 1950s and 1960s.

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