Martin Gottfried on Elia Kazan, Arthur Miller and Naming Names

We pay tribute to critic MARTIN GOTTFRIED (1933-2014) with this segment from an interview he did on THEATER TALK in 2004 on the life of playwright Arthur Miller, subject of his biography "Arthur Miller: His Life And Work."

[@robb7398]

I met Kazan when I was 18 or 19, in the late '70s, I didn't know anything about his having named names, just that he was a great director and I loved a few of his films. He was very personable and friendly in that situation.

[@joblo3940]

put the hole thing on pleeeeeze

[@LocalFoe]

This is a masterful example of revisionist history. Kazan had no ethos. He only cared for his lifestyle. Traded in his friends and colleagues to keep his swimming pool.

[@yuntakukai1002]

you commie twat

[@muslit]

Kazan didn't give a damn about Communism or Communists, as if there weren't any actors who were leaning that way in the Actor's Studio. He was only concerned about his career and ego. Period. Along the way, he destroyed the careers of others.

[@tarhunta2111]

Like they do now.

Fascinating: the new Red scare is happening right now, and the children who went through Senator Joe's version doing it now. I guess Americans taught them how to Manchurian candidate too well.

[@romanclay1913]

Kazan was a great director but a repulsive human.

[@muslit]

He wasn't a great director.