Research Catalog

Title

Roman Polanski : interviews / edited by Paul Cronin.

Author

Polanski, Roman

Publication

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

Cronin, Paul

Description

xxvii, 211 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

• "This collection of interviews spans nearly forty years and comprises translations from French, German, and Spanish newspapers and magazines and transcripts of British and American television and radio appearances."--The publisher.
• "Roman Polanski (b. 1933) arrived on the international scene in 1962 with his first feature film, Knife in the Water, and his face would be on the cover of Time magazine by the end of that year. His vibrant, disturbing, and often violent films--including the psychological thriller Rosemary's Baby, the film noir classic Chinatown, and the somber Holocaust drama The Pianist--have entertained and sometimes infuriated audiences. Stylistically unsettling and thematically varied, Polanski's films have established him as one of the most talented and controversial European filmmakers of his generation. Polanski's life has been troubled. He survived the Krakow ghetto and the Holocaust, but his mother died at Auschwitz. His wife Sharon Tate was brutally murdered in 1968 by members of Charles Manson's cult. After years of success in the United States, he fled the country in 1978 when he was convicted for having sex with a minor. He hasn't returned to America since that time. In Roman Polanski: Interviews, the acclaimed director talks openly about how incidents in his life have and have not influenced his artistic vision. This collection of interviews spans nearly forty years and comprises translations from French, German, and Spanish newspapers and magazines and transcripts of British and American television and radio appearances."--Publisher's description.

Series Statement

Conversations with filmmakers series

Uniform Title

Conversations with filmmakers series.

Subjects

• Motion picture producers and directors
• Polanski, Roman
• Interviews
• Polanski, Roman > Interviews
• United States
• Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Interviews

Genre/Form

Interviews.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes filmography (pages xix-xxvii) and index.

Contents

Roman Polanski / Script -- I made this film for myself / Philippe Haudiquet -- Interview with Roman Polanski / Michel Delahaye, Jean Narboni -- Interview with Roman Polanski / Michel Ciment, Michel Perez, Roger Tailleur -- Roman Polanski / Dick Cavett -- Incest is interesting / Der Spiegel -- Showing the work as accurately as possible / Charlotte Kerr -- Interview with Roman Polanski / Pascal Bonitzer, Nathalie Heinich -- Interview with Roman Polanski / Max Tessier -- Roman Polanski / Dominique Maillet -- Roman Polanski wants to quit filmmaking / Alain Riou -- I was part of the Welles group / Piotr Kaminski -- Roman Polanski / Philip Short -- Roman's novel / Franz-Olivier Giesbert -- Polanski on Polanski / Pierre-André Boutang -- Roman's style / Jean-Pierre Lavoignat, Stella Molitor -- Thriller à la Polanski / Michel Pérez -- Interview with Roman Polanski / Michel Ciment, Michel Sineux -- Being merciless / Gerhard Midding -- Interview with Roman Polanski / Antoine de Baecque, Thierry Jousse -- Blood and emotions / Marc Weitzmann -- Ben-Hur's riding crop / Laurent Vachaud -- Filmmaking is a roulette game / Julian Hanich -- Depth isn't important to me / Rüdiger Sturm -- What does evil mean to you, Mr. Polanski? / Ralph Geisenhanslüke -- Roman Polanski / Charlie Rose -- Memories of the ghetto / Octavi Marti -- There were four of us / Leon De Winter.

Call Number

MWES (Polanski, R.) 06-2471

ISBN

• 1578067995
• 9781578067992
• 1578068002
• 9781578068005

LCCN

• 2005004457
• 99812647045

OCLC

57730851

Author

Polanski, Roman, interviewee.

Title

Roman Polanski : interviews / edited by Paul Cronin.

Publisher

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2005.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Conversations with filmmakers series

Conversations with filmmakers series.

Bibliography

Includes filmography (pages xix-xxvii) and index.

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Table of contents

Added Author

Cronin, Paul, editor.

Other Standard Identifier

99812647045

Research Call Number

MWES (Polanski, R.) 06-2471