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The Cinema of Istvan Szabo: Visions of Europe
John Cunningham
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Paperback. Series: Directors' Cuts. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; APFB; APFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
Istvan Szabo is one of Hungary's most celebrated and best-known film directors, and the only Hungarian to have won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, for Mephisto (1981). In a career spanning over five decades Szabo has relentlessly examined the place of the individual in European history, particularly those caught up in the turbulent events of Central Europe and his own native Hungary. His protagonists struggle to find a place for themselves, some meaning in their lives, security and a sense of being, against a background of two world wars (Colonel Redl, Confidence), the Holocaust (Sunshine), the Hungarian ... Read more
Istvan Szabo is one of Hungary's most celebrated and best-known film directors, and the only Hungarian to have won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, for Mephisto (1981). In a career spanning over five decades Szabo has relentlessly examined the place of the individual in European history, particularly those caught up in the turbulent events of Central Europe and his own native Hungary. His protagonists struggle to find a place for themselves, some meaning in their lives, security and a sense of being, against a background of two world wars (Colonel Redl, Confidence), the Holocaust (Sunshine), the Hungarian ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Directors' Cuts
Condition
New
Weight
335g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231171991
SKU
V9780231171991
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About John Cunningham
John Cunningham is the author of Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex (2005) and many other articles and essays on Eastern European and particularly Hungarian cinema. He is now retired, but most recently taught Film Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
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