The films of Costa-Gavras
Title | The films of Costa-Gavras PDF eBook |
Author | Homer B. Pettey |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | 286 |
Release | 2020-06-11 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1526146916 |
Costa-Gavras is a seminal figure in French and international cinema. A master of the political thriller, he explores historical events through individual human stories, thereby involving his audience in past and contemporary traumas, from the horrors of the Holocaust through mid-century international state terrorism and totalitarianism to the current global financial crisis. With a career spanning half a century, he remains one of cinema’s most intriguing and enduring storytellers, theorists and political commentators. This collection of original essays charts and re-examines Costa-Gavras’s career from Un homme de trop (1967) to Le capital (2012). Readable and carefully researched, it will appeal to students and scholars of film, as well as fans of the director’s work.
Costa-Gavras, the Political Fiction Film
Title | Costa-Gavras, the Political Fiction Film PDF eBook |
Author | John J. Michalczyk |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 306 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN |
Costa-Gavras
Title | Costa-Gavras PDF eBook |
Author | John J. Michalczyk |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 2022-07-14 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1501390937 |
Costa-Gavras: Encounters with History explores the life and work of the director intertwined with historical and socio-political events, from the early stages of his career: emigrating to France from Greece in 1955 and first studying at the Sorbonne, then focusing on filmmaking at IDHEC, now La Fémis. He became an internationally respected director, first with his Oscar-award winning film Z (1969) and continued with a vast array of films, including his most recent work, Adults in the Room (2019). His films portray the complexities of human nature, relationships challenged by historical and contemporary socio-political issues. In this overview of the director's films, the authors shed light on his encounters with history from his youth in war-torn Greece to his later films on immigration, unemployment, global capitalistic greed, and the abuse of political and economic power in Europe. Costa-Gavras' films have spanned several decades and several continents, to combat unethical laws and injustice, oppression, legal/illegal violence, and torture. Throughout his evolution in the world of cinema for over half a century as director, writer, and producer, Costa-Gavras has told human-interest stories that entertain and inspire, and that help us better understand ourselves and a fragile, fragmented world.
Hanna (Provisional Title)
Title | Hanna (Provisional Title) PDF eBook |
Author | Franco Solinas |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1983* |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Constantin Costa-Gavras
Title | Constantin Costa-Gavras PDF eBook |
Author | Costa-Gavras |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 75 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Motion pictures |
ISBN |
Two Weeks in the Midday Sun
Title | Two Weeks in the Midday Sun PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Ebert |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | 202 |
Release | 2016-04-06 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 022631443X |
Praise for Two Weeks in the Midday Sun -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Foreword by Martin Scorsese -- Dedication -- Two Weeks in the Midday Sun: A Cannes Notebook -- Postscript, 1997: Scorsese Goes to Dinner
French Film Noir
Title | French Film Noir PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Buss |
Publisher | Marion Boyars Publishers |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Film noir |
ISBN | 9780714530369 |
Crime and punishment on the dark side of French society, as reflected in the silver screen.