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The Man from the Third Row. Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema, and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman.
Fredrik Gustafsson
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Description for The Man from the Third Row. Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema, and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman.
Hardback. This first-ever English-language book on the subject provides an engaging, comprehensive survey of Ekman's career, combining explorations of historical context with insightful analyses of styles and themes. Num Pages: 204 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; APFA; APFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Until his early retirement at age 50, Hasse Ekman was one of the leading lights of Swedish cinema, an actor, writer, and director of prodigious talents. Yet today his work is virtually unknown outside of Sweden, eclipsed by the filmography of his occasional collaborator (and frequent rival) Ingmar Bergman. This comprehensive introduction—the first ever in English—follows Ekman’s career from his early days as a film journalist, through landmark films such as Girl with Hyacinths (1950), to his retirement amid exhaustion and disillusionment. Combining historical context with insightful analyses of Ekman’s styles and themes, this long overdue study considerably enriches ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785332500
SKU
V9781785332500
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99-15
About Fredrik Gustafsson
Fredrik Gustafsson works at the library at the Swedish Film Institute and teaches film history at Örebro University, Sweden. He holds a doctorate in film studies from the University of St. Andrews. He also has programmed numerous Bergman and Ekman retrospectives around the world, writes regularly for La Furia Umana, and blogs at fredrikonfilm.blogspot.com.
Reviews for The Man from the Third Row. Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema, and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman.
“The publication is a refreshing addition to cinema shelves for it also contributes to the discourse of authorship, and provides much need international articulation of the history of Swedish cinema.” • Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television “The book has much to offer, providing the reader with insight not only into Ekman and his films but ... Read more