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Roman Polanski: The Cinema of a Cultural Traveller
Ewa Mazierska
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Description for Roman Polanski: The Cinema of a Cultural Traveller
Paperback. Polanski is one of the most talented and distinguished of modern film makers. Covering Polanski's films as director, this book addresses the eclecticism, ambiguity and paradoxes of his cinema, while seeking out the common elements in his films. It examines the autobiographical effect of Polanski's films, his characters and diverse narratives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 mono illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Polanski 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, ... Read more
Polanski 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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845112974
SKU
V9781845112974
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About Ewa Mazierska
Ewa 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).
Reviews for Roman Polanski: The Cinema of a Cultural Traveller
FILM 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'