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The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.

Elia Kazan

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Elia Kazan
Age: 94 †
Born: 1909
Born: September 7
Died: 2003
Died: September 28
Actor
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Producer
Screenwriter
Theatrical Director
Writer
Istanbul
Elias Kazantzoglou
Stage
Action
Penetration
Sweep
Concentration
Screen
Screens
Essence
Movement

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I left the theater I literally left to begin a new life.
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I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.
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I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.
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