Overview

Since his death in 1996, Krzysztof Kieslowski has remained the best-known contemporary Polish filmmaker and one of the most popular and respected European directors, internationally renowned for his ambitious Decalogue and Three Colors trilogy. In this new addition to the Directors'Cuts series, Marek Haltof provides a comprehensive study of Kieslowski's cinema, discussing industrial practices in Poland and stressing that the director did not fit the traditional image of a ""great"" East-Central European auteur. He draws a fascinating portrait of the stridently independent director's work, noting that Kieslowski was not afraid to express unpopular views in film or in life. Haltof also shows how the director's work remains unique in the context of Polish documentary and narrative cinema.

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Author:   Marek Haltof
Publisher:   Wallflower Press
Imprint:   Wallflower Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.70cm
Weight:   0.292kg
ISBN:  

9781903364918

ISBN 10:   1903364914
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   15 June 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface 1 Documenting the Unrepresented World 2 Film-Essays: Kieslowski and Polish Cinema in the 1970s and During the Solidarity Period i Pedestrian Subway: A Short Film About Marriage ii Personnel: Art and Politics iii The Scar: Managers and Their Dilemmas iv The Calm: Life as It Is v Camera Buff: Meditations on Film-making vi Short Working Day: Mechanisms of Power 3 Choices, Chances and Politics i Blind Chance: Variations on Fate ii No End: Requiem for Solidarity 4 Entomological Observations and Metaphysics in Decalogue 5 The Double Life of Kieslowski: European Art Film and the Polish Context i The Double Life of Veronique: Doppelgangers and Puppeteers ii The Three Colours Trilogy: The Long Films About Love

Reviews

<p> Will be new and interesting to most English-speaking readers. Haltof's readings of the films are clear and convincing...Highly recommended. -- Choice

Concise and direct.--David Sterritt-Film Quarterly- (01/01/0001)

<p>Concise and direct.--David Sterritt Film Quarterly (01/01/0001)

Author Information

Marek Haltof is Associate Professor at Northern Michigan University in Marquette. He is the author of several books in English and Polish, including Peter Weir: When Cultures Collide (1996) and Polish National Cinema (2002).

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