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Blurbs “This book is a fountain of useful information about Kazan’s theatrical productions and films, augmented by startling passages from the subject’s diaries. It is also, as any critical biography should be, remarkably insightful—Schickel has a razor-sharp understanding of the many ways in which his subject’s life and work affected one another.” -- Martin Scorsese “Richard Schickel has written a splendid, subtle, literate biography of one of the grand creative artists of theater and film in our time.” -- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. “Richard Schickel is one of America's most indispensable film critics. Now he's written a brilliant and insightful biography of the director Elia Kazan covering his art, his controversial politics and his tumultuous private life. Schickel's three-dimensional portrait is a fitting tribute to Kazan's greatness, laid out with precision, tact and crisp intelligence.” -- Patricia Bosworth, author of Diane Arbus: A Biography “Elia is here. Master of American theater, wizard at movies, deceiver, friend, combatant, the book vibrates with the energy of the man. Work, women, worship and loathing, Kazan’s story is keenly told.” -- Arthur Penn, director of The Miracle Worker and Bonnie and Clyde “Schickel's Elia Kazan is a much needed—and immensely readable—account of a creative life of the first rank in the theater and in film. It is authoritative, comprehensive, witty, and humane, and should bring about a long-overdue reevaluation of Kazan and not only his work, but his times.” -- Steven Bach, author of Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven’s Gate, the Film That Sank United Artists “Richard Schickel has, once more, written a definitive biography. I thought I knew (almost) everything about this extraordinary director but this book has been in many ways a revelation. Readers will discover not only what makes Kazan a great artist but also the complexity of a man too often reduced to clichés.” -- Michel Ciment, author of Kazan on Kazan “Schickel's powers as critic, scholar, and historian are on display in this intimate, yet analytical study of the complex man who was one of America's greatest influences on 20th century theatre and film. Using previously unavailable resources from Kazan's papers, Schickel writes honestly, shrewdly and fairly. Kazan's life and work have found their best interpreter.” -- Jeanine Basinger, curator of the Elia Kazan Papers, Wesleyan University |
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