SEPTEMBER 2010
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Turner Classic Movies presents the TCM Book Corner.
Every month we will provide the classic movie fan with a link to an excited film related book.
And every month, we will also be giving away several copies of that book in a monthly contest.
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Kazan on Directing
Author: Elia Kazan, Martin Scorsese (preface), John Lahr (forward)
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Elia Kazan was the mid-twentieth century's most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and Kazan on Directing (Knopf) shows us the master at work. Kazan directed virtually back to back the greatest American dramas of the era-by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams - and revolutionized theatre and film with dynamic action, poetic staging, and rigorous naturalism. His list of Broadway and Hollywood successes - A Streetcar Named Desire (stage and screen), All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, On the Waterfront, East of Eden, Baby Doll, America America, to name only a few - is a testament to his profound impact on the art of directing. Kazan's insights into these and other classic stage works shaped their subsequent productions - and continue to do so. There is no directorial achievement in America equal to his. Kazan on Directing, drawn from his notebooks, letters, interviews, and autobiography, reveals Kazan's method: how he uncovered for himself the "spine" or core of each script and each character; how he analyzed each piece in terms of his own experience; how he determined the specifics of his production, from casting and costuming to set design and cinematography. And we see how he worked with writers on scripts and with actors on interpretation. This monumental, revelatory book -published in Kazan's centenary year - is essential reading for everyone interested in American movies and theatre. For a chance to try and win a free copy of Kazan on Directing, just follow the sweepstakes link on this page.
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Acts of Revenge -Thursdays in September
Getting even is the game and we play to win in our 24-film festival that includes such con artist takedowns as The Sting (1973), family honor avenged in Enter the Dragon (1973) and Biblical revenge (Samson and Delilah (1949), among other acts of righting the score.
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Vivien Leigh - Tuesdays in September
She preferred working on stage in front of live audiences but the rare times she appeared on screen reveal her dazzling talent and beauty and our 15-film tribute includes her internationally famous role as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939) plus Anna Karenina (1947) and more.
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Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille
As Scott Eyman brilliantly demonstrates in his new biography, which draws on a massive cache of DeMille family papers not available to previous biographers, DeMille was much more than his clichéd image.
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