Actually he was not half Armenian -half turkish, as Plammer says, but Greek who lived in Constantinople. He emigrated with his family at the age of 4. Check out the movie: America America, in which Kazan himself said that the hero 's story was actually been inspired by his uncle's adventure during his imigration.
He was born a Turkish subject of Greek descent during the Ottoman Empire. Kazan is a shortened American version of the family name Kazantzoglou . ( not sure about the spelling ) As far as his testimony , he gave only the names that were already named so it wasn't like he was throwing anyone under the bus. And what in the world is mysticgirl talking about ? Who was killed because of Kazan ?
Good points and thanks for the clarification. Unless memory fails me, or I am paraphrasing incorrectly, I thought I heard him in an interview speak about how at a certain point the leadership at the Group Theater had become authoritarian, contrary to the notion of creative freedom that was one of its underlying principles.
You might also listen to the interview with Martin Gottfried about Kazan in which he notes that Kazan's first interview with the Committee was in secret and that Kazan refused to name names, but it was only after someone blew the whistle on him in the media the head of 20th Century Fox threatened to have blacklisted forever unless he appeared again before the Committee and named names. Notably he never named Arthur Miller or anyone who had not already been named. That interview is at: ruclips.net/video/Qjcfo_w1Nng/видео.html.
Plummer is quite an interesting critique of directors, making excuses for Kazan getting his peers locked up, criticising Malick for not being a good enough writer for his performance. Go figure.
He was Anatolian Rum who were generally rejected in Greece by Greeks (because they are coming from Anatolian culture) when they had to move to Greece from Anatolia mostly in the 1920s.
kazan like every informer was looking out for number one hoover created a generation of "artists" who had no real competition due to fear and the privilege of work purely for collaboration with a murderer. many people were killed with the help of kazan, and it included artists.
Uhh, what? Plummer's interpretation of Kazan's reasons for "naming names" . . . is intellectually smug and condescending. Incapable of thinking that maybe Kazan acted out of a conviction informed by intelligence and life experience . . .
That was INCREDIBLY interesting,thank you!
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Very interesting. I think the "At what price?" really makes one think of one's responsibility as a Director.
Actually he was not half Armenian -half turkish, as Plammer says, but Greek who lived in Constantinople. He emigrated with his family at the age of 4. Check out the movie: America America, in which Kazan himself said that the hero 's story was actually been inspired by his uncle's adventure during his imigration.
Plummer, not Plammer (sic).
Kazan wasn't Armenian as Plummer said. He was Greek.
born in Turkey
@@spacejam22 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
He was born a Turkish subject of Greek descent during the Ottoman Empire. Kazan is a shortened American version of the family name Kazantzoglou . ( not sure about the spelling )
As far as his testimony , he gave only the names that were already named so it wasn't like he was throwing anyone under the bus.
And what in the world is mysticgirl talking about ? Who was killed because of Kazan ?
Good points and thanks for the clarification. Unless memory fails me, or I am paraphrasing incorrectly, I thought I heard him in an interview speak about how at a certain point the leadership at the Group Theater had become authoritarian, contrary to the notion of creative freedom that was one of its underlying principles.
You might also listen to the interview with Martin Gottfried about Kazan in which he notes that Kazan's first interview with the Committee was in secret and that Kazan refused to name names, but it was only after someone blew the whistle on him in the media the head of 20th Century Fox threatened to have blacklisted forever unless he appeared again before the Committee and named names. Notably he never named Arthur Miller or anyone who had not already been named. That interview is at: ruclips.net/video/Qjcfo_w1Nng/видео.html.
Plummer is quite an interesting critique of directors, making excuses for Kazan getting his peers locked up, criticising Malick for not being a good enough writer for his performance. Go figure.
Elias Kazantzoglou.He was Greek
Kazan was Greek 100%
He was born in Turkey.
He was Anatolian Rum who were generally rejected in Greece by Greeks (because they are coming from Anatolian culture) when they had to move to Greece from Anatolia mostly in the 1920s.
kazan like every informer was looking out for number one
hoover created a generation of "artists" who had no real competition due to fear and the privilege of work purely for collaboration with a murderer.
many people were killed with the help of kazan, and it included artists.
Uhh, what? Plummer's interpretation of Kazan's reasons for "naming names" . . . is intellectually smug and condescending. Incapable of thinking that maybe Kazan acted out of a conviction informed by intelligence and life experience . . .
Certainly Kazan himself has put his choice in terms of truth-telling, both about self and others.