<P>A groundbreaking filmmaker dogged by controversy in both his personal life and career, Elia Kazan was one of the most important directors of postwar American cinema. In landmark motion pictures such as A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, East of Eden, and Splendor in the Grass, Kazan crafted an emotionally raw form of psychological realism. His reputation has rested on his Academy award-winning work with actors, his provocative portrayal of sexual, moral, and generational conflict, and his unpopular decision to name former colleagues as Communists before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952. But much of Kazan's influential cinematic legacy remains unexamined. Arriving in the wake of his centenary, Kazan Revisited engages and moves beyond existing debates regarding Kazan's contributions to film, tackling the social, political, industrial, and aesthetic significance of his work from a range of critical perspectives. Featuring essays by established film critics and scholars such as Richard Schickel (Time), Victor Navasky (The Nation), Mark Harris (Entertainment Weekly), Kent Jones (Film Comment), Jonathan Rosenbaum (Essential Cinema, 2004), Jeanine Basinger (The Star Machine, 2007), and Leo Braudy (On the Waterfront, 2008), this book is a must for diehard cinephiles and those new to Kazan alike.</P><P>Contributors include: JEANINE BASINGER, LEO BRAUDY, LISA DOMBROWSKI, HADEN GUEST, MARK HARRIS, KENT JONES, PATRICK KEATING, SAVANNAH LEE, BRENDA MURPHY, VICTOR NAVASKY, BRIAN NEVE, JONATHAN ROSENBAUM, RICHARD SCHICKEL, ANDREW TRACY, and SAM WASSON.</P>

LISA DOMBROWSKI is an associate professor of film studies at Wesleyan University and the author of The Films of Samuel Fuller: If You Die, I'll Kill You! (2008).

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction– Lisa DombrowskiOn Kazan the Man– Jeanine BasingerThe Quiet Side of Kazan– Kent JonesElia Kazan, Seen From 1973– Jonathan Rosenbaum"The Director, That Miserable Son of a Bitch": Kazan, Viva Zapata! and the Problem of Authority– Leo BraudyMr. Kazan Goes to Washington: A Case Study in Misguided Ambivalence– Victor NavaskyMan on a Tightrope: Kazan as Liberal Anti-Communist– Brenda Murphy"Independence" and the "Art Film": Baby Doll and After– Brian NeveThe Search for Humor and Humanity in Baby Doll and A Face in the Crowd– Sam WassonA Straight Director's Queer Eye: 1951-1961– Mark HarrisThe Other Side of the Story: Elia Kazan as Director of Female Pain– Savannah LeeDocumentary and Democracy in Boomerang! and Panic in the Streets– Andrew TracyElia Kazan and the Semi-Documentary: Composing Urban Space– Patrick KeatingChoreographing Emotions: Kazan's CinemaScope Staging– Lisa DombrowskiLost River– Richard SchickelLate Kazan, or the Ambiguities– Haden GuestFilmography as DirectorSelect BibliographyContributorsIndex