Living dangerously : a biography of Joris Ivens / Hans Schoots.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoots, Hans, 1950-

Series:

Film culture in transition

Standardized Title:

Gevaarlijk leven. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ivens, Joris, 1898-1989.

Ivens, Joris.

Motion picture producers and directors--Netherlands--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Netherlands.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

443 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press ; London : Eurospan, 2000.

Contents:

1. The Boss's Son (1898 - 1921) 11

2. Ragmop (1921 - 1927) 21

3. A Time of Daily Discoveries (1927 - 1929) 34

4. Exactly How We See It Too, Sir (1929) 49

5. You hear me, Father, Mother, World, Charnel House (1930 - 1931) 59

6. The Magnetic Mountain (1932) 74

7. Socialist Realism (1933) 84

8. Sidetracked (1934 - 1936) 97

9. Land of Opportunity (1936) 110

10. The Spanish Labyrinth (1937) 118

11. Chinese Poker (1938) 135

12. Ivens's Interbellum (1939 - 1941) 151

13. Glamour Boy of the Revolution (1941 - 1944) 163

14. War Under the Palm Trees (1944 - 1945) 179

15. Indonesia Merdeka (1945 - 1946) 194

16. The Uncle Behind the Iron Curtain (1947 - 1950) 211

17. The Blue Book (1950 - 1956) 228

18. Breathing Space (1957 - 1960) 250

19. Cowboy Boots and Guerrilla Cap (1960 - 1964) 265

20. A Socialist Scoop (1964 - 1968) 285

21. Sixty-Nine in Sixty-Eight (1968 - 1971) 302

22. The Old Steed Gallops a Thousand Li (1971 - 1978) 316

23. An Arduous De-Stalinization (1978 - 1985) 338

24. Unfavorable Winds (1985 - 1989) 351.

Notes:

"This English translation is a slightly abridged version of the Dutch original."--p.9

Includes bibliographical references (pages [418]-429) and index.

Includes filmography: (pages [430]-432).

ISBN:

9053564330

9053563881

OCLC:

43633237