Kazan on Film: The Master Director Discusses His Films–Interviews With Elia Kazan

First time in paperback—Selected by the Los Angeles Times as one of the Best Books of 1999, these never-before-published interviews conducted in the early 1970s prove to be “an invaluable addition to film scholarship, [which] allows aspiring filmmakers to study the working methods and wisdom of one of our greatest artists.”—Martin Scorsese. Illustrated with 72 photos and 19 original movie posters, this fascinating book conveys the essence of Young’s hundreds of hours of interviews with Kazan, featuring a summary of each film plot and a discussion of 18 of the director’s films in his own words, concluding with Young’s commentary on Kazan’s final film, The Last Tycoon.