Research Catalog

Title

Philip Kaufman / Annette Insdorf.

Author

Insdorf, Annette.

Publication

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2012.

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Details

Description

xi, 159 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Summary

American director Philip Kaufman is hard to pin down: a visual stylist who is truly literate, a San Franciscan who often makes European films, he is an accessible storyteller with a sophisticated touch. Celebrated for his vigorous, sexy, and reflective cinema, Kaufman is best known for his masterpiece The Unbearable Lightness of Being and the astronaut saga The Right Stuff. In this study, Annette Insdorf argues that Kaufman's cinema is both stylistically and philosophically rich and that his versatility is what distinguishes him as an auteur. She demonstrates Kaufman's skill at adaptation and how he finds the precise cinematic device for a story drawn from seemingly un-adaptable sources by using his cinematic eye to translate the authorial voice in many of the books that serve as inspiration for his films. Closely analyzing his films to date, Insdorf links Kaufman's versatile cinema by exploring the recurring and resonant themes of sensuality, artistic creation, and manipulation by authorities. She illustrates while there is no overarching label or bold signature that can be applied to his oeuvre, there is a consistency of themes, techniques, images, and preoccupations that permeates all of Kaufman's works.

Series Statement

Contemporary film directors

Uniform Title

Contemporary film directors

Subjects

• Kaufman, Philip 1936-
• Kaufman, Philip, 1936- > Criticism and interpretation
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Film

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Includes filmography.

Contents

An eye for an "I". Sexual and artistic freedom -- Male relationships and codes of honor -- Fallible perception and trust -- Interview with Philip Kaufman.

ISBN

• 9780252036859
• 0252036859
• 9780252078460
• 0252078462
• 9780252093975
• 0252093976

LCCN

• 2011034120
• 40020695861
• 40020682901

OCLC

• ocn747713012
• 747713012
• SCSB-14749806

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library