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OverviewPolanski is one of the most talented and distinguished of modern film makers. A well-informed cultural traveller, interested in the position of the outsider, he is hard to pigeonhole: he moves easily between mass audience and art-house tastes, between settings and genres; his films, including 'Two Men and a Wardrobe', 'Cul de Sac', 'Rosemary?s Baby', 'The Pianist' and 'Oliver Twist', represent diverse characters and cinematic influences. Like a magpie, he?s interested in everything he encounters, but then easily discards his treasures and moves onward. Covering all Polanski?s films as director, this welcome book addresses the eclecticism, ambiguity and paradoxes of his cinema, while seeking out the common elements in his films. Ewa Mazierska examines the autobiographical effect of Polanski?s films, his characters and diverse narratives, and the place of absurdism, surrealism and the ?double life? of things in his cinema. She looks into the function of music, of religion, power, patriarchy and racism in the films, as well as Polanski?s literary adaptations and his use and subversion of film genres. Herself a Polish emigre, she uncovers Polanski's Polish roots and the extent of their influence on the cinema of this mercurial film maker, at large in the world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Ewa Mazierska (University of Central Lancashire, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.372kg ISBN: 9781845112974ISBN 10: 1845112970 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 25 May 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1. The autobiographical effect in the cinema of Polanski 2. The absurd and how to deal with it: narratives and characters in Polanski's films 3. Landscapes and inner sceneries: recurring visual motifs of Polanski's films 4. All that jazz and noise: music in Polanski's films 5. Trust yourself: Polanski's ideology 6. Adapt to survive and express oneself: Polanski's encounters with literature 7. Matrix or empty vessel: Polanski's uses of genre conclusion: the cinema of a cultural traveller Appendix: Filmography (with technical details and synopses Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsFILM INTERNATIONAL'Discusses every Polanski-directed film up to Oliver Twist, and thankfully focuses on inter-film analysis that neither dwells on nor ignores the artist's biography' Author InformationEwa Mazierska is Reader in Contemporary Cinema at the University of Central Lancashire. She is co-author, with Laura Rascaroli of From Moscow to Madrid: European Cities and Postmodern Cinema (I.B. Tauris, 2003) and Crossing New Europe: The European Road Movie (2006), and with El bieta Ostrowska, Women in Polish Cinema (2006). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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