Tag: Directing
Alfred Hitchcock
Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson Recalls the Time Orson Welles Sawed Him in Half
Citizen Kane
Steven Spielberg on the Making of Citizen Kane
Elia Kazan
[Text] Director Elia Kazan on Wanting to Cast Paul Newman in ‘On the Waterfront’
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To Budd Schulberg I’m not insane about Brando for this. In fact, in my opinion he is quite wrong. But he’s a fine actor and if he’s really excited about it and will work like a beginner trying to get a start, he can be fine. He’s got to be hungry … Continue reading
Elia Kazan
[Text] Director Elia Kazan on Casting an Unknown James Dean in ‘East of Eden’
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March 1954 To John Steinbeck I looked thru a lot of kids before settling on this Jimmy Dean. He hasn’t Brando’s stature, but he’s a good deal younger and is very interesting, has balls and eccentricity and a “real problem” somewhere in his guts, I don’t know what or where. He’s … Continue reading
Elia Kazan
[Text] Director Elia Kazan’s Advice to Warren Beatty
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May 22, 1963 To Warren Beatty Forgive the impertinence of a friend. I really do like you, and it disheartens me when I hear from the underground that you are giving everybody a bad time in Maryland. I know rumors are unreliable and it’s not right to repeat them. But, … Continue reading
Orson Welles
Merv Griffin Interviews Orson Welles on Day of His Death
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Merv Griffith interviews Orson Welles on the day of his death: October 10, 1985. Continue reading
Orson Welles
Ingrid Bergman Praises Orson Welles
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Actress Ingrid Bergman pays tribute to actor and director Orson Welles at the 3rd American Life Achievement Award ceremony in 1975, saying that he created a masterpiece at the age of 24 and has lived under the burden of living up to that iconic film. Continue reading
Woody Allen
Penelope Cruz on Working with Woody Allen
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Actor Penelope Cruz discusses what it’s like to work with director Woody Allen, including the degree to which he trust actors and a couple of the ways that she worries she drives him crazy. Continue reading
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese on His Learning Experience & Visual Literacy
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Filmmaker Martin Scorsese discusses the importance of visual literacy, which has a vocabulary all of its own, just as literature does. Continue reading