America America.
"And he did bring them. It took a number of years, but one by one, he brought them here. Except for his father. That old man died where he was born": First Edition of Elia Kazan's America America; Signed by him and actor Stathis Giallelis,
America America.
KAZAN, Elia.
$1,250.00
Item Number: 138692
New York: Stein and Day, 1962.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1963 film starring Stathis Giallelis. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To June Elia Kazan” and below by actor Stathis Giallelis. Introduction by S.N. Behrman. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Abram Rudisill.
Inspired by the life of his uncle, Avraam Elia Kazantzoglou, Kazan used little-known cast members, with the entire storyline revolving around the central performance of Greek actor Stathis Giallelis, twenty-one years old at the time of production, who is in virtually every scene of the nearly three-hour movie. America America is one of Martin Scorsese’s favorite films. In 2001, America, America was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation.
