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Mood:
- SincereAtmosphericTouching
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Plot:
- ShowbizFilmmakingArtists and ShowbizLifestyleArtist's Life
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Genres:
- DocumentaryPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century21st Century
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Place:
- USA
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Style:
- Archive Footage
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Based on:
- BiographyBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Look:
- Partly B&W
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A Letter to Elia, 1983
English
USA
Profile of A Letter to Elia
The mood of A Letter to Elia is sincere, atmospheric, and touching. The plot centers around filmmaking, showbiz, and artists and showbiz. It is a documentary and period movie. Stylistically, A Letter to Elia archive footage. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is the USA. A Letter to Elia happens in the 20th century. Visually, it is partly black and white. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story.
Summary of A Letter to Elia
Director Martin Scorsese speaks candidly and passionately about one of his formative filmmaking influences: the late Elia Kazan. Utilizing precisely chosen clips from Kazan's signature films including "On the Waterfront," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Gentleman's Agreement," "Baby Doll," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," "A Face in the Crowd," "America, America," and "The Last Tycoon," and interview footage of the director himself, co-directors Scorsese and Kent Jones recount the director's tumultuous journey from the Group Theatre to the Hollywood A-list to the thicket of the blacklist. But most of all, they make a powerful case for Kazan as a profoundly personal artist working in a famously impersonal industry.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 4 September 2010 |
| Runtime: | 60 min |
Cast and Crew
as Narrator
as Himself
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