The Cinema of Aki Kaurismaki - Contrarian Stories (Hardcover, New)

Aki Kaurismaki is an enigma, an eminent auteur who claims his films are a joke. Since 1983, Kaurismaki has produced classically-styled films filled with cinephilic references to film history. He has earned an international art-house audience and many prizes, influencing such directors as Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino, and Wes Anderson. Yet Kaurismaki is often depicted as the loneliest, most nostalgic of Finns (except when he promotes his films, makes political statements, and runs his many businesses). He is also depicted as a bohemian known for outlandish actions and statements. The Cinema of Aki Kaurismaki is the first comprehensive English-language study of this eccentric director. Drawing on revisionist approaches to film authorship, the text links the filmmaker and his films to the stories and issues animating film aesthetics and history, nostalgia, late modernity, politics, commerce, film festivals, and national cinema.

General

Imprint:	Wallflower Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Directors' Cuts
Release date:	June 2013
First published:	June 2013
Authors:	Andrew Nestingen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages:	224
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-231-16558-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Individual film directors, film-makers
LSN:	0-231-16558-7
Barcode:	9780231165587

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