This book offers an examination of the films of Roman Polanski, focusing on the impact that his life as an exile has had upon his work.
Roman Polanski: A Life in Exile is a revealing look at this acclaimed filmmaker whose life in exile seems to have made his films all the more personal and powerful.
Written by a film critic, this insightful book follows Polanski's story from his childhood in a World War II Jewish ghetto to his early films in Poland; from his American breakout, Rosemary's Baby, to his wife's murder by the Manson family; from the spectacular return of Chinatown, to his exile as a convicted sex criminal, to the monumental career peak, The Pianist. The Holocaust, the oppression of communism, the shattering of the swinging 60s, the decadence of Hollywood, the life of a fugitive-Polanski experienced all of these firsthand, and understanding those experiences provides a fascinating pathway through his work.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Series Foreword by Vincent LoBrutto
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Poland: The Early Years
Boyhood
Adolescence
Lodz
2. Knife in the Water (1962)
3. Bridge to Freedom: England in the Sixties
Repulsion (1965)
Cul-de-Sac (1966)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
4. American Lullaby: Rosemary's Baby (1968)
5. No Man's Land
6. Redemption: Chinatown (1974)
7. The Stranger Upstairs: The Tenant (1976)
8. "A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented": Tess (1979)
9. Where Is Polanski?
Pirates (1986)
Frantic (1988)
Bitter Moon (1992)
10. Return to Suspense
Death and the Maiden (1994)
The Ninth Gate (1999)
11. The Pianist (2002)
12. Oliver Twist (2005)
Epilogue
Afterword
Filmography
Notes
Bibliography
Index
