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Annette Insdorf - Philip Kaufman - 9780252036859 - V9780252036859
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Philip Kaufman

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Description for Philip Kaufman Hardback. The first complete study of the protean filmmaker Series: Contemporary Film Directors. Num Pages: 176 pages, 27 black and white photographs, filmography. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 20. .
American director Philip Kaufman is hard to pin down: a visual stylist who is truly literate, a San Franciscan who often makes European films, he is an accessible storyteller with a sophisticated touch. Celebrated for his vigorous, sexy, and reflective cinema, Kaufman is best known for his masterpiece The Unbearable Lightness of Being and the astronaut saga The Right Stuff.  His latest film, Hemingway & Gellhorn(premiering May 2012 on HBO), stars Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen. In this study, Annette Insdorf argues that the stylistic and philosophical richness of Kaufman's cinema makes him a versatile auteur. She demonstrates Kaufman's skill at ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Film Directors
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252036859
SKU
V9780252036859
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About Annette Insdorf
 Annette Insdorf is the director of undergraduate film studies at Columbia University's School of the Arts. Her books include Francois Truffaut; Double Lives, Second Chances: The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski; and Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust.

Reviews for Philip Kaufman
  "A thoughtful, scholarly study of one of America’s most underrated filmmakers."
Leonard Maltin "Annette Insdorf's incisive and sympathetic book grants Kaufman the place in the pantheon he deserves."
Roger Ebert    A sympathetic, in-depth, and entirely jargon-free look at Kaufman’s work."
DGA Quarterly"It could take only a great scholar of film to understand and appreciate the work of one ... Read more

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