Roman Polanski / James Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrison, James, 1960-

Series:

Contemporary film directors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polanski, Roman--Criticism and interpretation.

Polanski, Roman.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

191 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007]

Summary:

A new take on an eclectic and controversial director James Morrison's "Roman Polanski" offers 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 Directors, edited by James Naremore"

Contents:

Captive Minds: Polanski and Modernity 1

Comedy, Melodrama, and Genrification in Polanski's Films 18

Cul-de-Sac and the 1960s Art Cinema 35

Polanski in the New Hollywood 55

Polanski and the Art Film's Second Wave 82

Rendering Classics: Macbeth and Tess 108

Discovering the Figural in Polanski's Films 130

Interviews with Roman Polanski 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-184) and index.

Includes filmography: pages [169]-177.

ISBN:

9780252032059

0252032055

9780252074462

0252074467

OCLC:

76940037

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