Roman Polanski

Name: Roman Polanski
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ISBN: 9780252032059

ISBN-10: 0252032055

ISBN-13: 9780252032059

Edition: 2006

Authors: James Morrison

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A new take on an eclectic and controversial directorJames Morrison'sRoman Polanskioffers one of the most comprehensive and critically engaged treatments ever written on Polanski's work. Tracing the filmmaker's remarkably diverse career from its beginnings to the present, the book provides commentary on all the major films in their historical, cultural, social, and artistic contexts. By locating Polanski's work within the genres of comedy and melodrama, Morrison argues that the director is not merely obsessed with the theme of repression, but that his true interest is in the concrete--what is out in the open--and in why it is so rarely seen. A volume in the series Contemporary Film…

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 7/2/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Captive Minds: Polanski and Modernity


Comedy, Melodrama, and Genrification in Polanski's Films


Cul-de-Sac and the 1960s Art Cinema


Polanski in the New Hollywood


Polanski and the Art Film's Second Wave


Rendering Classics: Macbeth and Tess


Discovering the Figural in Polanski's Films


Interviews with Roman Polanski


Filmography


Bibliography


Index