Emir Kusturica / Giorgio Bertellini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bertellini, Giorgio, 1967- author.

Series:

Contemporary film directors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kusturica, Emir--Criticism and interpretation.

Kusturica, Emir.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 180 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]

Summary:

"Emir Kusturica is one of Eastern Europe's most celebrated and influential filmmakers. Over the course of a thirty-year career, Kusturica has navigated a series of geopolitical fault lines to produce subversive, playful, often satiric works. On the way he won acclaim and widespread popularity while showing a genius for adjusting his poetic pitch--shifting from romantic realist to controversial satirist to sentimental jester. Leading scholar-critic Giorgio Bertellini divides Kusturica's career into three stages--dissention, disconnection, and dissonance--to reflect both the historic and cultural changes going on around him and the changes his cinema has undergone. He uses Kusturica's Palme d'Or winning Underground (1995)--the famously inflammatory take on Yugoslav history after World War II--as the pivot between the tone of romantic, yet pungent critique of the director's early works and later journeys into Balkanist farce marked by slapstick and a self-conscious primitivism. Eschewing the one-sided polemics Kusturica's work often provokes, Bertellini employs balanced discussion and critical analysis to offer a fascinating and up-to-date consideration of a major figure in world cinema"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN:

9780252038891

0252038894

9780252080449

0252080440

OCLC:

899328979