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Tag Archives: Lee Strasberg
The Books: “Elia Kazan: A Life” (Elia Kazan)
Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Elia Kazan: A Life, by Elia Kazan I met Elia Kazan once. It was in 1999 and I was working on a show at the Actors Studio. It was a production of Awake and Sing, … Continue reading
The Books: “Lessons In Becoming Myself” (Ellen Burstyn)
Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Lessons in Becoming Myself, by Ellen Burstyn In less than a decade, Ellen Burstyn was nominated 5 times for an Oscar (for The Last Picture Show, The Exorcist (speaking of The Exorcist …), Alice Doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Books
Tagged Actors Studio, Ellen Burstyn, entertainment biography, Lee Strasberg
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Fall 1995: Acting Notebook
Going through all these old notebooks – I came across the notebooks I kept during grad school. At first they start out all work, no play … which is interesting in and of itself – but the notebooks I kept … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Personal, Theatre
Tagged Al Pacino, Anton Chekhov, Brian De Palma, Chinatown, Christopher Walken, Dog Day Afternoon, Elia Kazan, Faye Dunaway, Harold Pinter, John Guare, John Strasberg, Johnny Depp, Lee Strasberg, Lili Taylor, Mickey Rourke, Network, Nicholas Mosley, Nijinsky, Olympia Dukakis, Sanford Meisner, Tennessee Williams, Two-Character Play
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Lee Strasberg on “the blight of Ibsen”
I always thought the following anecdote from Clifford Odets’ 1940 journal was hysterical, and also thought-provoking. Entry from Journal April 17, 1940 In the early evening went to Lee Strasberg’s house for dinner. Paula’s mother was there, preparing the dinner, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anton Chekhov, Clifford Odets, Henrik Ibsen, Lee Strasberg, The Time is Ripe
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Kazan on The Group and Lee Strasberg:
Lee Strasberg is an extremely controversial figure. Perhaps not to the outside world, but to acting afficianados he can be polarizing. People love him or scorn him. People revere his memory or discount it. He was feared rather than liked. … Continue reading
Posted in Directors
Tagged Elia Kazan, Lee Strasberg
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Morris Carnovsky On the Brink
Dead Reckoning borders on camp, but it is not Humphrey Bogart’s fault. In the midst of the camp, and in the midst of the almost laughably silly last scene, he remains truthful. He gives an affecting performance. This is the … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Clifford Odets, Elia Kazan, Humphrey Bogart, John Garfield, Lee Strasberg, Morris Carnovsky
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