Andrzej Wajda

History, Politics & Nostalgia In Polish Cinema
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-84545-225-4
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

The work of Andrzej Wajda, one of the world’s most important filmmakers, shows remarkable cohesion in spite of the wide ranging scope of his films, as this study of his complete output of feature films shows. Not only do his films address crucial historical, social and political issues; the complexity of his work is reinforced by the incorporation of the elements of major film and art movements. It is the reworking of these different elements by Wajda, as the author shows, which give his films their unique visual and aural qualities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Falkowska, Janina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Einzelne Filmschauspieler, Filmregisseure, Drehbuchautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Andrzej Wajda: His Words and his Archives

Chapter 1. The Life and Times of Andrzej Wajda

Chapter 2. The Birth of a Master: Films of the Fifties

Chapter 3. Fight for Perfection: Films of the Sixties

Chapter 4. Between Politics and the Themes of Life and Death: Films of the Seventies

Chapter 5. Nostalgia and Remorse: Films of the Eighties

Chapter 6. Grande Finale: Films of the Nineties

Conclusion

Endnotes

Bibliography

Filmography

Prizes

Über Autor(innen)

Falkowska, Janina
Janina Falkowska is Professor in the Film Studies Department at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, specializing in East-Central European and Western European cinemas. Her publications include The Political Films of Andrzej Wajda (Berghahn Books 1996), National Cinemas in Postwar East-Central Europe (ed.), and, co-authored with Marek Haltof, The New Polish Cinema (Flicks Books 2003).