Editing America America (section)

==Production==
Inspired by the life of his uncle, Avraam Elia Kazantzoglou, Kazan used little-known cast members, with the entire story line 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. Production began in 1962.

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The production, hampered by loss of its original financial backers, on-location hostility from Turkish authorities and onlookers, as well as other problems, continued into 1963. Powerful elements within Turkey came to be convinced that the country's national institutions and historical perspective upon turn of the 20th century events would be unfavorably portrayed by the Greek director and, when Kazan decided to transfer the troubled production to Greece, customs officials confiscated the cans of what they considered to be finished film, but owing to a prescient switch of labels between exposed and unexposed product, the valuable cargo survived.<ref>[http://sensesofcinema.com/2012/cteq/people-are-waiting-elia-kazan-and-america-america/ Danks, Adrian. "People are waiting": Elia Kazan and ''America America''"] ''[[Senses of Cinema]]'' (March 2012 / Cinémathèque Annotations on Film / Issue 62)</ref>
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The picture was filmed on location at the [[Alfa Studios]] in Athens, Greece, as well in rural Greece, Istanbul, New York City, and at the Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood, in 1.66:1 aspect ratio on 35-millimeter stock. Kazan makes a voice-only introduction during the opening scenes, a short voice-only epilogue in the closing scene, followed by a recitation of the lead actors and technical personnel of the film.  Tom Holland narrates the picture.