"... excellent... " --Slavic Review "... displays a depth of scholarship and breadth of research which in the main is distilled into a fascinating read. At last M???sz???ros is getting the attention she deserves." --Sight and Sound "Drawing on personal reminiscences, interviews with Meszaros, and critiques of individual films, Portuges delineates in detailed and convincing fashion the cultural contradictions surrounding Meszaros and her art." --Signs "This book provides engaging insight to works by one of Hungary's best ...
Read More
"... excellent... " --Slavic Review "... displays a depth of scholarship and breadth of research which in the main is distilled into a fascinating read. At last M???sz???ros is getting the attention she deserves." --Sight and Sound "Drawing on personal reminiscences, interviews with Meszaros, and critiques of individual films, Portuges delineates in detailed and convincing fashion the cultural contradictions surrounding Meszaros and her art." --Signs "This book provides engaging insight to works by one of Hungary's best contemporary filmmakers, M???rta M???sz???ros." --Canadian Slavonic Papers A fascinating exploration of the culture of post-Stalinist Eastern Europe through a detailed study of the achievements of its foremost woman director--and revealing interviews with the filmmaker and her collaborators. M???rta M???sz???ros's visual representations of youth, sexual difference, and class conflict challenged official socialist versions of gender, family relations, and workers' lives. Her films include documentaries and features and the recently completed Diary of My Father and Mother.
Read Less
Add this copy of Screen Memories: the Hungarian Cinema of Márta Mészáros to cart. $95.00, very good condition, Sold by Alan Wofsy Fine Arts rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published by Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.
Publisher:
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17132533210
Shipping Options:
Standard Shipping: $4.99
Trackable Expedited: $9.99
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Autographed. 8vo. 190 pp. Very Good. Soft Cover. Illustrated paper wraps. Minor shelf wear. B&W plates throughout. Signed on half title page, with author's business card taped alongside. Explores the culture of post-Stalinist Eastern Europe through a detailed study of the achievements of its foremost woman director, MaÌrta MeÌszaÌros. Informed by contemporary debates in film theory, psychoanalysis, and gender studies, this book foregrounds autobiographical and artistic elements of MaÌrta MeÌszaÌros's cinema. ISBN: 9780253345585 9780253207821. Provenance: from the Estate of Judy Stone (1924-2017), The San Francisco Chronicle's movie critic who for two decades was a passionate and articulate advocate for the world of cinema outside Hollywood. Judy Stone started at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1961, putting in 10 years as editor of the Datebook section. She began reviewing films for the paper in 1971, favoring arthouse films. She was the youngest of four politically minded children whose eldest brother was the great reporter and gadfly I. F. Stone. She won the Novikoff Award given for "enhancing the public's appreciation of world cinema." Among her publications are "The Mystery of B. Traven" and "Eye on the World, " a collection of her interviews with filmmakers from the 1960s to the 1990s. Contents: 1. Introduction--2. A Cinematic Autobiography: The Documentaries--3. Family Romances: The Early Features--4. Lovers and Workers: The Gendered State--5. Between Worlds: The International Coproductions--6. Re-Reading History: The Diary Trilogy--7. Tales for the Future--Interviews With Marta Meszaros.