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."

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@joblo3940]

put the hole thing on pleeeeeze

[@romanclay1913]

Kazan was a great director but a repulsive human.

[@muslit]

He wasn't a great director.