Elia Kazan, Director of "On The Waterfront," Dies - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

quadro2000 · 09-28-2003, 04:15 PM

How many of these am I going to post today...?

Elia Kazan Dies

Kazan directed the groundbreaking Broadway productions of "Streetcar Named Desire" and "Death of a Salesman," as well as "Waterfront," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," and many others.

He is also well known for naming fellow Hollywood members of the Communist party during the McCarthy era and was recipient of a very controversial lifetime achievement Oscar in 1999.

Hal Incandenza · 09-28-2003, 09:14 PM

Originally posted by quadro2000
How many of these am I going to post today...?

As time goes on, more and more people will be famous (or will have been famous, which is about the same thing when the person dies). The future is going to be a gold mine of celebrity mortality--every day, someone famous will kick off, and we'll all feel sad and reminisce, etc. There's nothing like a good celebrity death to bring people together.

Elia Kazan: great writer/director, cowardly sellout to the House Un-American Activities Committee in the early fifties. Eh--you win some, you lose some.

09-28-2003, 04:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
quadro2000 All Possibility, Made Of Custard Location: New York, NY	Elia Kazan, Director of "On The Waterfront," Dies How many of these am I going to post today...? Elia Kazan Dies Kazan directed the groundbreaking Broadway productions of "Streetcar Named Desire" and "Death of a Salesman," as well as "Waterfront," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," and many others. He is also well known for naming fellow Hollywood members of the Communist party during the McCarthy era and was recipient of a very controversial lifetime achievement Oscar in 1999.

09-28-2003, 09:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hal Incandenza Tilted Location: Enfield MA	Re: Elia Kazan, Director of "On The Waterfront," Dies Originally posted by quadro2000 How many of these am I going to post today...? As time goes on, more and more people will be famous (or will have been famous, which is about the same thing when the person dies). The future is going to be a gold mine of celebrity mortality--every day, someone famous will kick off, and we'll all feel sad and reminisce, etc. There's nothing like a good celebrity death to bring people together. Elia Kazan: great writer/director, cowardly sellout to the House Un-American Activities Committee in the early fifties. Eh--you win some, you lose some.