Forever and a Day was a major collaborative effort employing seven directors, 22 writers, and enormous cast of well-known stars, both American and British.
Forever and a Day: Collaborative War Effort by 7 directors, 22 writers, and enormous cast of well-known stars, both American and British
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A Letter to Elia (2010): Scorsese and Kent Jones’s Reverential Docu about Elia Kazan’s Life and Career (Lacking Critical or Contextual Perspective)
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Martin Scorsese has directed documentary, A Letter to Elia, considered to be an “intensely personal and deeply moving tribute” to Kazan.
Splendor in the Grass (1961): Making of Kazan’s Masterpiece–Casting Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood
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In 1961, Elia Kazan introduced Warren Beatty in his first screen appearance with a starring role in Splendor in the Grass, with Natalie Wood; the film was nominated for two Oscars and won one.
America, America (1963): Making of Kazan’s Autobiographical Film
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In America America, Elia Kazan tells how, and why, his family left Turkey and moved to America. Kazan notes that much of it came from stories that he heard as a young boy. He says during an interview that “It’s all true: the wealth of the family was put on the back of a donkey, […]
Desire (1936): Frank Borzage’s Romantic Adventure, Starring Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper in Second Teaming
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Frank Borzage directed the romantic dramedy Desire, a remake of the 1933 German film Happy Days in Aranjuez, starring Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper, in their second teaming; the first was in the 1930 Morocco.
