spiderwort
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Post by spiderwort on Dec 27, 2017 18:19:41 GMT
My favorite director is the great actors' director, Elia Kazan, so I'll concentrate on him. (Forgive the number of images; I couldn't help myself and, in fact, wish I had more). The master at work  On the set with the cast of his debut film, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Directing Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire in Gentlemen's Agreement (1947)
 
Directing Tracy and Hepburn in Sea of Grass (1947)
Setting the shot on Panic in the Streets (1950)
Directing Vivian Leigh and Kim Hunter in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Between takes, but still directing  Directing Leigh and Karl Malden   Directing Brando and Leigh  Between takes with Leigh and Tennessee Williams  On-set wrap party
Directing Viva Zapata (1952)
Directing On the Waterfront (1954)
With Brando and Eva Marie Saint
Directing James Dean, Raymond Massey, and Albert Dekker in East of Eden (1955) - he seemed to like to work shirtless
Down in the dirt to set the shot with Dean  Discussing a scene with Dean  With Julie Harris 
In the editing room
Directing Carroll Baker and Karl Malden in Baby Doll (1956)
Rehearsing Baker and Eli Wallach  Shooting
Setting a shot of Patricia Neal in A Face in the Crowd (1957) Between takes Neal and Andy Griffith 
Directing Montgomery Clift and Lee Remick in Wild River (1960)
Directing Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass
Directing Barbara Loden and the actor watching  Directing Sandy Dennis  Directing Phyllis Diller as Texas Guinan
 Between takes with Natalie Wood  Directing Stathis Giallelis on America America (1963)
Directing the background extras
 Directing Faye Dunaway and Kirk Douglas in The Arrangement
Resting/thinking on the set of The Arrangement
Directing James Woods and Chico Martinez in The Visitors (1972), written by Kazan's son, Chris  Between takes with Moreau and DeNiro on the set of The Last Tycoon (1976)
Directing DeNiro and Boulting
A master to the end 
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 27, 2017 18:37:50 GMT
Fascinating post, Spiderwort.
I didn't realize that Kazan, in addition to being a brilliant director, was also such a beefcake. Victor Mature must have been so envious.
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Post by jervistetch on Dec 27, 2017 20:24:10 GMT
David Lynch never ceases to fascinate me. Here he directs Jack Nance in ERASERHEAD in 1977.  Advising John Hurt during THE ELEPHANT MAN shoot.  Handling Kenneth McMillan as Baron Harkonnen on the set of DUNE.  Teaching Dennis Hopper how to be crazier than he already is in BLUE VELVET.  With Nicholas Cage and Laura Dern filming WILD AT HEART  Directing Naomi Watts in one of my favorite films, MULHOLLAND DRIVE  And on the small screen, Lynch directs Michael Ontkean and Frank Silva in the classic, TWIN PEAKS  |
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Post by petrolino on Dec 27, 2017 21:12:44 GMT
Fascinating post, Spiderwort. I didn't realize that Kazan, in addition to being a brilliant director, was also such a beefcake. Victor Mature must have been so envious. Look at the body on that guy directing Phyllis Diller. Who knew Kazan was so buff. |
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Post by petrolino on Dec 27, 2017 22:22:10 GMT
Masters of Horror = Masters of Innovation
Tod Browning discusses a scene with Lon Chaney on the set of 'The Unholy Three' (1925)
James Whale & Boris Karloff take a cigarette break while filming 'Frankenstein' (1931)
Mark Robson watches the dailies with producer Val Lewton
Alfred Hitchcock prepares Janet Leigh in the shower for 'Psycho' (1960)
Roger Corman directs Peter Lorre & Joyce Jameson on the set of 'Tales Of Terror' (1962)
Terence Fisher shares notes with Susan Denberg on 'Frankenstein Created Woman' (1967)
Umberto Lenzi directs Carroll Baker & Jean-Louis Trintignant on location for 'So Sweet ... So Perverse' (1969)
Dario Argento directs Catherine Spaak in 'Cat O Nine Tails' (1971)
... Mario Bava joins Dario Argento on the set of 'Inferno' (1980) ...
... Mario Bava joins Lucio Fulci on the backlot ...
Steven Spielberg takes his directors chair underwater to oversee an audacious technical set-up on 'Jaws' (1975)
David Cronenberg exchanges hair care tips with Allan Kolman behind the scenes of 'Shivers' (1975)
George Romero shows a zombie how to walk on 'Dawn Of The Dead' (1978)
Stanley Kubrick walks steadicam operator Garret Brown through a maze on location for 'The Shining' (1980)
John Carpenter blocks a scene with Season Hubley & Kurt Russell on 'Escape From New York' (1981)
Joe Dante commands a werewolf on the set of 'The Howling' (1981)
Wes Craven gives Amanda Wyss last minute direction before a one-take only set-up using special effects & rotation (try looking at it standing on your head) while filming 'A Nightmare On Elm Street' (1984)
... & with the cast & crew ...
Tobe Hooper scopes out a shot while Caroline Williams & Dennis Hopper take a break on location for 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2' (1986)
Eli Roth leads his crew on 'Hostel' (2005)
Tim Burton engineers artistry with Johnny Depp on the set of 'Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street' (2007)
James Wan ponders a shot selection while filming on location
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 28, 2017 0:30:25 GMT
Fascinating post, Spiderwort. I didn't realize that Kazan, in addition to being a brilliant director, was also such a beefcake. Victor Mature must have been so envious. LOL, matt! Mature had a reputation, it's true, but so did Kazan. Anyway, glad you liked the post. I was surprised I couldn't find any images of him directing A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Pinky, and only found one of Gentleman's Agreement. A major disappointment. P.S. I added a few more images, in case you want to take another look. I certainly will take another Kazan look, Spider -- thanks for adding the extras (and for creating this thread that is getting such creative attention). Now if only I can figure out how to post multiple images at the same time, I could do a collage about the superb workings and background images of my own favorite director -- Ed Wood. |
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Post by jervistetch on Dec 28, 2017 5:23:53 GMT
Wow! I think we have enough here already for a coffee table book. I'll call the publisher. Let's not bother the photographers with this.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 28, 2017 23:53:43 GMT
Spielberg and his most difficult actor, Bruce D. Shark, frolic for photographers  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 28, 2017 23:59:43 GMT
John Ford and the Villagers - The Quiet Man  Taking a break with Maureen - before having her dragged thru the messiest sheep meadow he could find  With Wayne and Arthur Shields  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 29, 2017 0:04:03 GMT
John Wayne on the other side of the camera - The Alamo   |
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Post by teleadm on Dec 29, 2017 17:34:43 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 29, 2017 17:40:25 GMT
IDA LUPINO   hopefully the outfit is because she is in what she is directing.  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 29, 2017 17:42:19 GMT
ELAINE MAY directing A New Leaf
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 29, 2017 18:46:03 GMT
Michael Landon directing LHotP aka Little House on the Prairie Earlier on Bonanza  Taking a cue from Kazan ( dress code-wise )   One more Prairie for good measure  |
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Post by jervistetch on Dec 29, 2017 19:11:42 GMT
Hal Ashby directing... HAROLD AND MAUDE (with Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort)  THE LAST DETAIL (with Otis Young and Jack Nicholson)  SHAMPOO (with Warren Beatty at table)  BOUND FOR GLORY (with cinematographer Haskell Wexler)  COMING HOME (with Jane Fonda)  BEING THERE (with Peter Sellars)  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 31, 2017 16:41:35 GMT
Opie, sorry .... Ron Howard DIRECTOR Splash  Ron Howard filming and directing a documentary on the Budweiser Made In America Festival on Sept. 1, 2012 in Philadelphia.  2001 A Beautiful Mind - Russell Crowe and Ron's partner in crime, producer Brian Grazer  |
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 1, 2018 0:08:53 GMT
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 1, 2018 0:14:14 GMT
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 1, 2018 0:30:36 GMT
Kaneto Shindo directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238, he continued working as a scriptwriter, director and author until his death at the age of 100 in 2012... pictured pointing directions 
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 1, 2018 0:57:39 GMT
Miklós Jancsó The Hungarian director achieved international prominence from the mid-1960s , these films are characterized by his unique visual stylization, elegantly choreographed shots, and long takes. some of the outstanding film works include, The Round-Up ( Szegénylegények, 1965), The Red and the White (Csillagosok, katonák, 1967), and Red Psalm ( Még kér a nép, 1971).    
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