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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785687803321

Autore

Mortimer Lorraine

Titolo

Terror and joy [[electronic resource] ] : the films of Dušan Makavejev / / Lorraine Mortimer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8166-6632-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

791.4302/33092

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dušan Makavejev and his context -- The country of movies -- In search of understanding -- The fire in us -- With eggs, flour, sugar, and berries and a certain dose of modesty -- Alchemists and artisans -- Our carnal nature and cosmic flow -- Interlude -- The world tasted -- Pigs, pearls, and immigrants -- The soul battered.

Sommario/riassunto

Dušan Makavejev is a filmmaker, teacher, and intellectual whose films intersect with major historical and political upheavals in Eastern Europe-World War II, the unification and breakup of Yugoslavia, and the fall of communism. Subversive and moving, his films remain touchstones for transcultural and political cinema. Matching the intensity of the films, Lorraine Mortimer takes a radically interdisciplinary approach in this first book-length critical analysis of Makavejev's work.