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Philip Kaufman

ISBN-13: 9780252078460
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
By Annette Insdorf
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Local release date: 15/04/2012
Format: Paperback (210.00mm X 140.00mm) 176 pages Weight: 260g
Categories: Film, TV & radio [AP]

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Google Preview: 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.ÿIn 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 adaptation, how he finds the precise cinematic device for a story drawn from seemingly unadaptable sources, and how his eye translates the authorial voice from books that serve as inspiration for his films. Closely analyzing his movies to date (including Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Wanderers, and Quills), Insdorf links them by exploring the recurring and resonant themes of sensuality, artistic creation, codes of honor, and freedom from manipulation. While there is no overarching label or bold signature that can be applied to his oeuvre, she illustrates the consistency of themes, techniques, images, and concerns that permeates all of Kaufman's works.; ''A thoughtful, scholarly study of one of America's most underrated filmmakers.''-Leonard Maltin ''A sympathetic, in-depth, and entirely jargon-free look at Kaufman's work.''-DGA Quarterly ''A shrewd and very readable study.''-Filmmaker ''Superb.''-Hollywood Reporter ''A study so closely tuned to his work and so neatly supplemented with his own insights from interviews and e-mails that it reads like a biography of an oeuvre.''-The New Yorker online ''With commitment and enthusiasm, Annette Insdorf excels at thematic and formal discussions in this enlightening introduction to the films of Philip Kaufman. The book will become the authoritative word on Kaufman's films, a must for all scholars and fans of his work.'' Edward Baron Turk, author of Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald; Google Preview content

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