| The Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki: Contrarian Stories Contributor(s): Nestingen, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231165587 ISBN-13: 9780231165587 Publisher: Wallflower Press OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production - Performing Arts | Film - Guides & Reviews |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2014381182 |
| Series: Directors' Cuts |
| Physical Information: 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Aki Kaurism ki is an enigma, an eminent auteur who claims his films are a joke. Since 1983, Kaurism ki 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 Kaurism ki 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 Kaurism ki 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. |