Terror and joy : the films of Dusan Makavejev / Lorraine Mortimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mortimer, Lorraine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture producers and directors--History and criticism.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Makavejev, Dušan--Criticism and interpretation.

Makavejev, Dušan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dušan Makavejev is a filmmaker, teacher, and intellectual whose films intersect with major historical and political upheavals in Eastern Europe-World War II, the unification and breakup of Yugoslavia, and the fall of communism. Subversive and moving, his films remain touchstones for transcultural and political cinema. Matching the intensity of the films, Lorraine Mortimer takes a radically interdisciplinary approach in this first book-length critical analysis of Makavejev's work.

Contents:

Dušan Makavejev and his context

The country of movies

In search of understanding

The fire in us

With eggs, flour, sugar, and berries and a certain dose of modesty

Alchemists and artisans

Our carnal nature and cosmic flow

Interlude

The world tasted

Pigs, pearls, and immigrants

The soul battered.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6632-6

OCLC:

698117357