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Roman Polanski The Cinema of a Cultural Traveller

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ISBN-10: 1845112970

ISBN-13: 9781845112974

Edition: 2007

Authors: Ewa Mazierska

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Polanski is well known; the name of the director ofKnife in the Water,nbsp;Rosemary's Baby,ChinatownandThe Pianistnbsp; is recognised and respected internationally.nbsp; Yet even film critics find it difficult to say what a 'Polanski film' is.nbsp; This welcome book unravels the meanings of Polanski's films, devoting each of its chapters to an important aspect: the autobiographical factor, characters and narratives, literary adaptations likeTessand the recentOliver Twist, Polanski's use of many genres, his music, represented ideology and so on.nbsp; In so doing, it uncovers both the common elements in his films and the ambiguities and paradoxes of his cinema. Ewa Mazierska reveals the…    
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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Publication date: 6/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.11" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Ewa Mazierska is Professor of Film Studies at the School of Journalism and Media, University of Central Lancashire. Her publications include European Cinema and Intertextuality: History, Memory, Politics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), Jerzy Skolimowski: The Cinema of a Nonconformist (Berghahn, 2010), Masculinities in Polish, Czech and Slovak Cinema (Berghahn, 2008) and with Laura Rascaroli, Crossing New Europe: The European Road Movie (Wallflower, 2006) and From Moscow to Madrid: Postmodern Cities, European Cinema (I.B. Tauris, 2003). She is principal editor of the journal Studies in Eastern European Cinema .

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: An elusive filmmaker
The autobiographical effect in the cinema of Polanski
The absurd and how to deal with it: Narratives and characters in Polanski's films
Landscapes and inner sceneries: Recurring visual motifs of Polanski's films
All that jazz and noise: Music in Polanski's films
Trust yourself: Polanski's ideology
Adapt to survive and express oneself: Polanski's encounters with literature
Matrix or empty vessel: Polanski's uses of genre
Conclusion: The cinema of a cultural traveller
Filmography (with technical details and synopses)
Notes
Bibliography
Index