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A new take on an eclectic and controversial director

Table of Contents

Contents Captive Minds: Polanski and Modernity Comedy, Melodrama, and Genrification in Polanski's Films Cul-de-Sac and the 1960s Art Cinema Polanski in the New Hollywood Polanski and Art Film's Second Wave Rendering Classics: Macbeth and Tess Discovering the Figural in Polanski's Films Interviews with Roman Polanski Filmography Bibliography Index

About the Author

James Morrison is a professor of literature and film at Claremont McKenna College. He is the author of Passport to Hollywood: Hollywood Films, European Directors and editor of Hollywood Reborn: Movie Stars of the 1970s.

Reviews

"... this is a valuable addition to the already substantial field of Polanski studies. It is insightful and richly informative not only about Polanski's trail-blazing difficult-to-classify films, but also about the cultural context of the past few decades. It steers clear of biographical intrusions and brilliantly "organizes" the director's work into several cultural periods, arguing that the genre means little in Polanski's daringly eclectic artistic sensibility."--Times Literary Supplement, 8 Feb 2008