Image via Wikipedia The Greek Cultural Center in Astoria, Queens invites you to its annual Summer Film Festival. This week, we screening the second round of Film by actor/director/writer and two times Academy winner ELIA KAZAN.
Elia Kazan: (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Greek American director and actor, described by the New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". Born in Constantinople to Greek parents originally from Kayseri in Anatolia, Kazan immigrated to New York when he was four.
After two years studying acting at Yale, he acted professionally for eight years before becoming a stage and film director. Kazan co-founded the Group Theater in 1932 and Actors Studio in 1947, and together with Lee Strasberg, introduced Method acting to the American stage and cinema as a new form of self-expression and psychological "realism". Having been an actor himself for eight years, he brought sensitivity and understanding of the acting process, and was later considered the ideal "actor's director".
All films are in English, and will be shown every Saturday and Sunday at 6:00pm.
SATURDAY AUGUST 27 Panic in the Streets (1950) 96 min - Crime | Film-Noir | Thriller - (USA)
- Directed by Elia Kazan Written by Richard Murphy (screenplay) Daniel Fuchs (adaptation) Starring Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel Music by Alfred Newman Cinematography Joseph MacDonald Editing by Harmon Jones
Wins •Venice Film Festival: International Award, Elia Kazan; 1950. •Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Writing, Motion Picture Story, Edna Anhalt and Edwar Anhalt; 1951. Nominations •Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion, Elia Kazan; 1950. • Writers Guild of America: WGA Award, Best Written American Drama, Richard Murphy; The Robert Meltzer Award (Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene), Richard Murphy; 1951.
SUNDAY AUGUST 28 Baby Doll (1956) 114 min - Drama - (USA)
- Directed by Elia Kazan Produced by Elia Kazan/ Tennessee Williams Written by Tennessee Williams Starring Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach Music by Kenyon Hopkins Cinematography Boris Kaufman Editing by Gene Milford
The film was controversial when it was released, provoking a response from the National Legion of Decency, which attempted to have the film banned. Nevertheless, the film received nominations for major awards. Elia Kazan won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the film was nominated for four other Golden Globe awards, as well as four Academy awards and four BAFTA Awards with Eli Wallach taking the BAFTA prize for "Most Promising Newcomer to Film."
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3 A Face in the Crowd (1957) 125 min - Drama
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4 - the last day of the Festival – at 6:00pm, the program focuses on Greek American Filmmakers.
All screenings take place at the Greek Cultural Center. ADMISSION IS FREE.
For more Information: 718.726.7329, 26-80 30th Street,Astoria, NY 11102
e-mail: info@greekculturalcenter.org
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