tors (1972) The America (1963) ‘Kazan = ll (1956) he Waterfront (1 Jiva Zapata! rea (1951) Panic in the Mer Tomorrow (1945) The ) On the Wa 1953). at ak Pinky (19. 40) cont e: (1 ns e: a 94.7) The Grass noo ON ase a - (1945) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1 of the Cumberland (19: TheElia Kazan on What Makes a Director In th antunn of 1973, drctr Elia Kagan was honored with oto ck retraction of bis fs at Wesleyan Universi. AS the xmclaon ofthe progam, be ae thst ico ues Some of you may hee hed of the ata hcory. That concep Js party i plating Something for thom eo pa over and sto ils columa Butta po and that post sins thu the dsctor i the tue author of the fin. The diecoe TELLS the ln wing «rosary the ee par of whch 12 sengemeat of words A seeenplays worth has to be mexeted et by i angage Than bys achiecrte 0 how that daa he theme’ A sera, we decison enogh harm, is wot a pow of Swing 8 mh a6 2 constecton, We ets el fot he ‘Nseon under he kn of woe Meyetholf the ret Ranian stage ctor sad that wonde ‘wen the decoction on the Hire of acon. He wis talking ‘Shout Thee, but Te aay hough his oberon ppd ‘more pty 0 i. Teoccred to me when Iwas conseing whet tony hex tht since you all dot see deco — ie mie foe Wea to ‘hs nmalcr sng wee Yam afer chewing of eh, ‘whe you hae novels storms poets sed wastes of ros inde of sais rang antong you that i ight be fan sweety to et Sor you ad Bx sy co opt wat fl, ‘Sesto aed to know what pouonal charceitics and atts be might drentagzontly pone (OF wha sis si cat made? ‘Whar of man et he be? OF course, Tm talking sbout a bookengh subject Stay easy, Fm ot going to tends book to you tonight Iv mento lt the Bld of Anowlege necessary 0 him, and ater hose penal quits he might happily poses, ve ther ou a8 foe might gv chaper headings ction eds ie sents of Pargrip, olout extortion, Her we gs tenure. OF couse. AM pends all languages, all forms Nesrly 2 ln detoris beter equiped i e's wel ed ck Ford, who intodaced himself "with the words, "I make ‘eerns” aan eeemaly ell and wie ad man, “The Liter of the That. Far one thing, 0 the fm dee vor wil appecate the dfeeace om Bl. He should also 2 Bie Keer say the dai het Mere fo consretion, for expose ton of theme, forthe means of chamctesioe for deumase pot forthe cements of ety expel tht wit ented by Ping to can and then fo cima asthe eel a Sal Etoden ofthe theme “The Caf f Sren Dramanegy. Every acto, ven those tae intances when be dower’ work wih a wet ot two ~ Felieg wocts wth x quadon — take pons or he screnplay. He hs not only pie rewsting but eine ‘ets emecrsary cove ty appreciate nnveal posi es ensure conec strate, haves seve of Sen te, how tach wil capes, in what kes for what pposes Robert Frets Tal Empiigo Lid eter apple to al expotionl pars [a the climes, time is sneealcaly extended, wetche” ara hy cse ap ply there iss sbtet lendar of intenon and eings and Tene evens What spears fe happening e 0m eat sandy when hopping in ment ont ofthe ee dace {ore mos elle wos Tree ders You wl rey ee {rete devi bling» spt tbe woes or een le ingatit Bogner, yon, Mose zc goal today to wie the om septs. Bat at is ould tion. Chapin ald es hat Grllth Pak had been oded by sey nll Packing hi ccm i and by crs td his equipment i 4 Te’ es, he woul rsh these, Iain bef he los eos he den “The diector of Sms shoud know comedy a well dea Jak Ford use to cll most pts Teomis” He met, Ts poss 2 may of okng at people without fale sstinent, through an objecay tat detisted ise his aed werent selefronng and Sealy reeled + sting bumoe i the mos femse moments The Human Comaly. anther Fenchman fa The fat dat Bly Wie i aways amasing doe’ (ate simpy teste destne mst know ether by taining coe by inet how ofr a joke sn bow 0 sor with how {0 anit an protet lang Fe ght well sea Chapin ted teeter gett reel comedy nae fr what we led Sight gu, non vetal ups, amosement died om "bs fest and moves, ad mpl rom fanny fice and odd odie Ths vga foundaton te anaes pel ad theca ‘ud pie~ ate as oul and pet of is eth WeaSevens bepao by making two sel comedies, and T seen to Amescan fil decoes wood do walle know our evil tedions juts Flint adored the clown, bal perfor ri again in hn wok, our Rimmer woul do wel to sy from the fact that Weles wa a pictcing magic ad so, ‘hetating change Think to, of Berg, ho! often he es racine a sagt of and “The decor should know oper, lcs nd it sbardes 2 objet which Beranlo Berl i schooled He shold ‘ore important, the great American musi ls He must not took down on tes we love them fo very ood reasons the Besin sate abut of ae Painting and Scape; thee itony, thee teobions and counter seoluions The putes of the Tian Renasance ame sf deco for wing hi istiend in 2 nding roe ales de does + Bad jo. Many printers have worked inthe Thea. Bak, Pico, ‘Which binge 0 Dance. In my opinion, fs «considerable Prac and pecona, Dace an eet pt of seen ‘icorsedoeaton. It + grat advantage fr hin if he an ‘more Iewl lp him not only to move actos but xe the ogrpher, quite erly 10 1 doa'e mean the tungo i Berlei Lat (agit Piso the High School gen dance inion Gaia mach a do the bate sees 2 DW Gets Rib of 2 Nar which are pare chorea and ‘ery bei Look at Fors Cary chase hat wy ri, aque dance of death on the long sep im The Raat Tone The fl dnctoe mont know mais, o el ~ too ‘mech ofan umbrela wd tha Lt uy fal pesiods And ath scaler and punting be mt know wha oc ee OF course he mt INTO the mas of his om fey as rocks nt soc, ae nd jas pope tin pan ale. buberhop com; county Ciago, New Odean, Nase ‘The film dtctoe should know the history of sage ener ts evelopment Gom backgroud to ervioameat and 0 1 the ‘etings INSIDE WHICH Elm te plage out Note Fees INSIDE WHICH at oppoted to IN FRONT OF The com sucon of scenery fr faking wa enon he work Wha Mater incorape lipings and fn his foun photogegh, dramas (coment and parte ow thy afc bei 1 econ to ery young, Gece tat be stat it ov callecion of clippags tod photograph andi be ble, Eivown canes “The ln detor mut know contuning history rough periods ie techaiges aod ‘whet can bean expoesion, The, be apse sour ‘eletm to sad ss we eter cach plc, each 100m, how ‘he people hee have choses to preset thames. “How he comes on" weap Coen in Ss es expesine a ens tha iti inevay She bas ehece of te doe Vicon i bilan here, So Bergman in + more suds vei. The best way to say this fun to medce how pope de az wm expen of hat they ws to gin Gor any occasion, what tt intention is Stay your burband stad your wits how dhe ates 2 ‘erpenon of exch dy nod and hope, ce ood dap tale ohing Lighting OF coun. The vsou atu tect, the rst ght of moming the henry Ba tp light of ay voi ence Foran effect ~ the magic hous 2 eld by camer, dua How do they fect mood? Obvious Wekaow tine. How do the afer bear Study ha Fe dock ow ees ave dik! Dictorchooe th ne of dy fr certan ees sd these expresses in mind The master hee i Jack Ford wh wed oplun his shots within» seuence to es oe ‘cain tral ffs dat he could not cee but cul! very ‘estan wi fo Colors? Tee payholgi eet So obvi I wi no expand ote color Faded enlre The ing ripe Ia Baby Dal you sw aman caseraan~ Boss Kanan ~ etng ges ne (of white on whit, 0 lp deeabe the washed out Southern ies “And of coune, thes ae the instrament which catch lend ‘hoa deamate al be woos he decor yeas Hough, he CAMERA ad the TAPE RECORDER, The ln decor cb ‘uly mrt know the Camera is lensen, which Jens ete wich effet, which oe bes, which one tl the ero rath ‘Which Ser being othe dude The decor mut know the vasous speeds at which the eames can see the {fects of smal vations ped le ute now the a Jou camen mountings the canes sd the dlls a be pos A Bh Kegee sie moves he isa, the ‘onfgeriont io space ‘Geowph which be can pss Inow the room well enough He shosld. be intimately sequined with the pe Tender Andy Waal ex tts one everywhere he goes Posie ogging” youl snd your fends Notice how fen spexch ove The lm dicctor_murt ‘indented the wets, how its made ad where, how ‘moves waming init cise the kindof oud ad what they mes Remember the douds ia Sant He must know ‘wether at ama exprerson, be on the lec 9 epatze on hangs in weiter sone of is mam He pst Sy how Instn colin and non so bres, ing wind fect ‘People and weber ft tv that there ar more eprensons of {onp ge dings oog bot sunmer mod wh “The fl decor shoud know the iy, ancint aad oden, thar puny ie py te on he er Hs eon lve ‘Naples Fel ~Rining Begun ~ his shady Ray ~ Cale, Reto the French counepie, Cla the cy of Par His ci Fntaes operon nbsrectze, it scents ebind the scenes i fancdonnes, pic, eights, eebage 3 lecom, post office moter commer and wha hey le, cathe alts whore bowen “The cn director mst know the county tha too go ca teem He mst know the mountains andthe plains, he ferts of our grat Sour he exe oboe of the Dat, the hil of New Englnd. He most know the water ff Matched ad Old Orca Beach, fo cold for tngeang fed the water off the Foi Keys which ives daeliog ‘ain, tee ate means of expenon tht he as and among them he mt cake ht ccioes He must know how a brent ‘om fn ca animate» dex ooking set siting carn He must now the se, Bt hand, aac ship wreck soe spect tr powes Ki must know ander he vurce of the Se may ocert hin, if he doc o py a sene thee He tmaithave cowed oa ter ad Know the eng of ther ear feats He unt hve ewur fo or es and cog fh in out ‘sens. You ik Ten eggeing Why dt ol nan Pabery ta is Mos pend at ene yar in on eonent before they Cpoed «fot of agate? Wie you young, you mping ‘deco ihe on countyAni topogphy, the vasous ues, dower, road cove, grt fend the ube, shal sand, gave, Newt Eagle edge, Se fot of old ves brtmn? What kindof man work exch ad ow doe ile hi Animals to. low they sesemble human beings How to diet 1 dicks tener a oom on cu Thad hat problem one snd mashed to el you bow it Wha eat ght ean ‘love scene The spmbolian of hones. The fame of the Tin, how ede The pane of come (cours heim coe sould now ting i isony and ‘techniques. The moe be Knows about acting, the mote ‘ass he wl be with actor, At one pid of his grow, he ‘Should fore hinel on stage o¢Befe he cma wo he koe ‘hi expertly 100 Some discon and very mows ones sa ear actor instead of ebracing th comes as. But, by const, he is the gat Jean Reno se in Ras 1 the Gant Ahi foloee aloe, Telia in The Wi Chl, som in Der Nige “The decor must know how fo simul, even iaspie the sets Needles ts hemust aio know how o make ap ac0¢ Sen NOT to at How to pt hi or he thi se bang hem teat sae of ean whee the create cle ned "Te ln decor nat udentan the intrument known a the ‘he same adifeet a resoonce td ping He toa leo low the waow joa cent of his county 4nd what they sell bout chascter Ai lems ow enough in al these aes so his ators teat in completely ‘This olen hve by ging the imps hat ay tse ak of then, he can peor, pe ‘np een hes than they cn This may not be rs bai ce bad mpmeion wo ete “The Sn decor of coast Be upon the peychlogy of ‘nda, “aos” and abnormal He must kaw tht they ne linked, that one i ofea the extension or nesfention of the othe and tht under certain sees whch the eon wl ie te within a seen 8 ifs acted ot one kindof Behar ca be Sen becoming the other Ad hae ema “The Gi dco must be pepe by howled and tng to handle eaten Why? Becase most coe are Pedap all ‘What mates ie doubly icecesting i that he ln distor oe is Soaley Kuck won ge ona plane el age that et se newoicBut we ae ll dbl anced hat ice ste 0 pet i? Annee hi: how any intreing people ave sou met who ate ae ~ aie? (OF couse we wosk wih the pechaogy of the ain, We ow i ifr om hat of iid members la cating ‘ms great comedy decors lke Hawks Peston Sages Allow for the group reactions they expect fim te wince they play on these Hitchcock has made dhs is art. “The fe airctor mut be etd inthe etic at The best sey bres hugh personal expesence. Ba hte ea story Jnr, an ans tecique. ormopmphy not lated dow ‘pon, The Bn actor wll adi ona satin how ‘other people do Boredom cruel, ana az he oy sine ‘Ouran, fr isaac, mighty the Chie ete ponte snd those senes on Grek vases ofthe Golden Age which ‘tiseum coterie (OF coun, the fle decoe mst be a sutosy, even an expert onthe vais statues of lovemaking the poses and inrereining of the part of the body the exes pats ad ‘hove genealy considered les expesine He ay wel hare, ee Bae with fr, pci fetes, He not ccered ide thee, ter heel probably expeess hi nla wi, “The deco, hee ay comet bbw hat mggetion it mote ote than some Then td how to go aout ‘hen thre is wat 1s weapons, ts ene, i machinery ‘acc htop ob ‘Whee i the ee oan al is? De nothin a you were broght op ia shat maine starts a stand stops at twenty-one, tha ear oly fom ‘each, book and cates Fr ht ithe least of Phe ie fof 3 fm decor ie «toliy and he Iexne a he les Ererthing pertinent, thee i oing ielerat oti. 9 ‘Linky Moto have rch peoernl very experience aes ls resde of inoedg blind. Every book we ead plies 0 1b Everything we ee and ea if weet wet t Noting ‘siaelerae Teal belong 0 So hoy become ving sabe, al of dete characte, ‘ot a bore abot teste sd bates Rego fining = ind of poeey capresiog ar and lonsnes ad hope The ‘im deo eis Thr Gan Rag becsse spate magic And sopemtson interes hi, these bef of the ancient ad the serge parle those of hi ow tne people He sts ‘al becne ial an a outce of stage and cern mise Iam inceeaningly porn ours "Ecosomict bor? Not Conse the demotion of people in labor pool, he pic in carey, the elance of + ‘stn on imports und the leveig tht ge the country sp ling the euded impor Al these affect or can alle he ‘huncies and miles with which our fle concened Consider he fics behind the drama of Ox te Walon ‘onder how we could have shown more of them “The Hl dito doen st eat. He sci foo, He ne shemale ofl ation snd how they seve conse, Wr Mabe « Dinarswha the vaatons of tte are, the (lec of the food ood 2 por, Feo a an speeding ar 4 en of Sprenion of characer Remember the Seen in To Jn? Le Gr Bai? Ady of cours, the lin die ee tokeep up wih the Bow of be sround him, the comemnponey sues, whos presuing whom, who's winning Ss lowing, bow peessre tows in {he polis body and face and gee tur Teva he decor wil Be ‘ora ght coo And he wll ot (ek jy dy He sais adver foo goo to "product mesinge™ and Spt on tore who make dhe as tat infacaee people He watcher ‘lk hows and ares ow Jee Suston pees it He keeps up onthe mores, “oct as be can endef the ere undergrad sot ‘Ko shjckng, whats the ohn? He ls pls he pes dean Ba sesabon 90 est “have Yes At mich at ec Lt’ ot get in da. Spons? The est decd shows on TV today ae the profes Sal fotba genes Wag? Stay them. You ate shown not Se shown the beck the wa ther coche sweat tthe fret uk Craig Morton, ang for Serbach to be ar and ‘Wooda docs he ely ike Nara ohaeon, Send? Watch the spectros to, Tha ow ou might set certain scenes y= {Bg math bl of wimmning oe sling ~ eventhough thats ftwhere indicted inthe sege. Or watch a all game He Hepburn and Tay in George Steve i, Waar ot Yr! ‘yeundosbtd ef outs great umber of things and what Ive [eon sgncan, no dovb and dees some of my ow someon i OF coun, fou the mow zport thing The sb feet the fm dco nat hw most aout, know best of al [Rein the greatest del an inthe most ils ight wih he nest appeciton ofthe ambaleees x play i wha? Right. Himsee. “There i somthing of hime, afer al in esery chances he roped cenes He andes people way thug ule andi inet ey “The sent conetons he mks 10 imal te the grees Source of wisdom be as. And of tlece fr ote Ar for love evea nt There the almitson of hated to asenes toi rele through uodereanding ed kd of rslaton in trowhethond 6 Ble Ka ‘What kd of peson sit le lice hel 10 Be? ‘What gules does he ead? Hex ae 1 ew Those of| A ite ane eg 4st o> Ahogevo ad vknowe eu A contruction gang foreman, who cw i piel prblans ad their folacone ani tay, ertre, © Inston the solitons A prchosnaye who keeps a pat Fanctoning. despite intenbe tex Sons and estes, oth professor sd pezonl A bypoorit, who works with he concious to ache send A poe apo ofthe came, able bth vo expr the decive frome of Case Bresnon owe dey te Pal Sd for {je shot which he maar wath a balk emers fied on taped An outlet for hi legs: The det sta ch of the da {es nog os he as song eg. Think back and emt how the oi time dito demazed henseves By pees igh? “The canning of «ade in Baghdad bare. “The femaes of an anima tier, Obvious Tien! ‘A geet host Ar sgn Sm in ine food and harassing abe appa “The nines ofan od-bhioned moter who forges The aor nd steronet of he sband he fates, who forgives sting, epee obedience without question, books “These alten “Theives of ajewe he ~ a0 cxplantion key word fori one the bane of «PR man special fal when the decors coutina saage ad hor locaon, aI hve many times been Avery thie sia Avery sense sak Sutneoo:“Te patience penitence the etn of int the pp iaion of pin tte for elfen, erring forthe Cheers joke, plyfulbes, erning with trans, ‘meen fren Pate dnggedness. An umveig ef o tak et tha he ho sigh ou of scene perormey, conor, member of eal hie Dic sy he sin four i refer ope, ‘ir pete te ed ‘Above all ~ COURAGE, Gourge, id Weston Chachi, the pretest ite: makes al he others pose (One Soa hing, The abe to ap “Tam wrong” “wat ‘wrong” Nota ey at wounds But ia many ston these ‘hrc words honerty spoken wil ave the iy They ae the sods ser often tht the eto strapping t ge the dectoe Sha he want mat need to est fom hi Those won" ves wrong le ry itanodher wy" the ait os them on beale sree “The decoe mont scep the lame fr everthing fhe sip sinks he boul ave woke harder wth he water ox hia before shootng I he acto aly the detor Eledhin! Or sade a misute ia chooung him Tf the camer work ui ‘pun wow ides ww it ngage hat marman? Oc choose hone evap? Een costume afer al edo pase on 4 The seing. The mae, even the goa ad, why a the ye our if he dit He them? The decor wat there sweat he? Yen be was ther! He aye there Thats why be get all shat one, t0 snd ther, om that mound, unprotected, letng erssbody shoot at him and Alefcing the mortal fie fom ll the others who work with ro “The othe people who work on fl can hide They have the deetor tide sind ‘And people deny the tar theos Ae ening to. so patently you havea pnt aghtaow to ah, “Oh, Sta But only ike exggening “The ct i tat 4 dietor from the moment 2 phone cll ger bin ot of bed inthe morning (Rain soy, What ene do you wat shoot) ot he Geapes ito the dik at the end of hooting to fice alone, the ext days pebles, i alld upon to muver a9 uncenang sting of Guestons t make dein, er decom none afer another ofthe ce vt. Thats ‘Wines dctoeig the man eh he avers ‘Watch Trt playing Tea in De fr Nig, watch hi 8 ‘he pain eae sometimes thought ter es very ‘qa anoweeqertone You wile Bete tha ane yo Tow these anower hee hi fn ging Trfiathas nog our eon these pero ‘Do thing ge case ad simple joa get ole and have ace rnuted wom o all ofthis? [Not stall The opposite The more a dizctor knows the mote bes neat how many ifn way there a odo vey fl, “And the more he hat fice tht il ulna, nt of Knowledge bt of haces Which wh? Theil nstaton sd the mast tele one the Emitons of hi ow ten. “You Sind for estance, ht you ray do hae the a of your ‘rene. And tha lniation you can't do rh abou, Even i youkave the tine ‘One at postcapt The drctoy, tht mite son of ith, ss offen 25 3ot hese days ha o get out and promote he do Jas andthe pounds, scrounge fr the ins, fame and mks ‘wk it froma n't sen Be So ‘ean make hf This ross of tating the wesw Sev aes ten to a bane ses longer than malig the mul But he diector doe it Decne hehe t= who ele ‘eb Who ei lve the fn tat nc? So, my ends, you've seen how mich ou have to ao nd ‘hat hind of Bastard you hae fo be How Bad you are 2 {i your andi how many dfercot ways. Allo which £ Ai Tee neve: oped eying 0 eduat pl ad ope 0 now pine tothe wall ~ this is our at chance. Ask me ‘how wth ll at kowedg and a hat windy and ll at tang nd ll Those capes, incline tong, legs of mj league ote, how IT mange © mess up some of the irs Ive dete wo bay? A, bat hat the eh of i Soe SaaS Whe Matera DinarELIA KAZAN Filmography & Awards 937 195s ‘THE PEOPLE OF THE CUMBERLAND EASTOF EDEN Coe i et Bes Dt i wa at a eon ln Om ion Ba De Irs uPTo vou : he on 1986 o as DOLL, _ATREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN WATCHTOWER OVER TOMORROW adil) Cate ioe, Bo Dor vs a IN THE: Tig Sd OP hast sit nec nln ot Die ‘BOOMERANG! es Sua Rott Rv Se Di [NY Fn Cates Ret Dice 1960 GENTIENGANS ACREEMEN emp niveR eee ene etn eco i vn Gl a ion sof Glee ae Nat Be Der aie oan, Gaba soon wat smspox NTH Rass ve onsen er Diet v0 AUENCA AMERICA asc iV THE STREETS at ce ee tn Pl ek tein a ee ai ope mo a toh Bee once cities Se nes st ae A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. — Secs ene ‘Te ARRANGEMENT Ye ma DON hand sono, Dac wn re Vurrons vs us in Ft ates inn vwalzanarar DA uno Dior ans re Last ricoon ws avon a noureoe ws pte con se pe Pi Acts OF LOVE nme waTERrRoNt ee iy rt a ne BOK fe en ASE ae ban tar = ‘SWF Css Ana Bor Devoe ‘i el in ts Ave on Sve [REYOND THE AEGEAN ‘Adio Auanis Golden Lael Avid Nominations for Best Podacee Dice (196, 1962, 1967, 1971), Dinos Gi of Ameria Honorary Lie Member war (983); Diets Guild of Areca Lime Achiremeat Ava (1957; Bet International Fil Fest (199, Honors Golen Bese Bear, Ixarbu Intemational Fin Festal iene ‘etieemen Award (197; Honowry Oran appeciaton of along. sigue and wpa ered which ie intuneed the very nate of making though hi eet of nema matrices" (1998); Honorary Doers ‘Welkyan Unive, Carmege lsat of Technolgy, ad Willams Coleg,