ReFocus: The Films of Agnieszka Holland : Transnational Nomadism /
The Films of Agnieszka Holland is the first monograph devoted to the internationally most famous Polish filmmaker, a three times Oscar nominee and the recipient of numerous film festival prizes. It examines her rich, original oeuvre, which ranges from Holocaust dramas such as Europa, Europa (1990) t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2024]
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| Series: | ReFocus: The International Directors Series : RFIDS
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The Films of Agnieszka Holland is the first monograph devoted to the internationally most famous Polish filmmaker, a three times Oscar nominee and the recipient of numerous film festival prizes. It examines her rich, original oeuvre, which ranges from Holocaust dramas such as Europa, Europa (1990) to episodes of the HBO series The Wire. In examining the multifaceted nature of Holland's authorship, the study situates her work in the context of art, popular, national, European, Hollywood, transnational, women's, and queer cinema, as well as global television projects. Her colourful public persona oscillates among auteur, celebrity director, and political activist in an extraordinary professional trajectory, which started in the Eastern Bloc, continued in Western Europe and North America, then backtracked to a unified Europe. That zigzagged route conveys the unique nature of Holland's career while epitomising the transformations of post-Cold War cultural production. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 pages) : 50 black and white illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9781399514699 1399514695 |