EAST OF EDEN

Elia Kazan the director bravely and artfully confronted some of the more pressing social issues of his time: topics such as class division, bigotry and corruption. Read an essay on the life and career of this Hollywood icon.

Scorsese and his longtime collaborator Kent Jones discuss the creative process while creating A Letter to Elia, their a deeply personal film on Kazan, both a frank portrait and self-portrait.

Composed of clips, stills, readings from Kazan's autobiography and his speech on directing (read by Elias Koteas), a videotaped interview done late in Kazan's life, and Scorsese's commentary on and offscreen, A Letter to Elia takes a close look at the life of art and ...

American Masters interviewed JAMES DEAN: SENSE MEMORIES filmmaker Gail Levin on making a film about the actor's life and career. American Masters: What got you interested in this project? What drew you to James Dean? Gail Levin: Interestingly enough, there is a sort of circular ...

Excerpted from photographer Dennis Stock's book, "James Dean: 50 years Ago." 1955 "...When I look back at Los Angeles in the early fifties, and specifically Sunset Boulevard, it reminds me of the board game in which you try to move clockwise and upward, past designated ...