The Cinema of István Szabó: Visions of Europe (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780231171984)

István Szabó is one of Hungary's most celebrated and best-known film directors, and the first Hungarian to have won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, for Mephisto (1981). In a career spanning over five decades Szabó has relentlessly examined the place of the individual in European history, particularly those caught up in the turbulent events of Central Europe and his own native Hungary. His protagonists struggle to find a place for themselves, some meaning in their lives, security and a sense of being, against a background of two world wars (Colonel Redl, Confidence), the Holocaust (Sunshine), the Hungarian Uprising, and the Cold War (Father, 25 Fireman's Street, Taking Sides). This is the first English-language study of all his feature films and uses material from interviews with Szabó and his collaborators. Also included are chapters on his formative years, including his time at the famous Budapest Film Academy and the relationship of the state to the film industry in Hungary.

Author: John Cunningham
ISBN-10: 0231171986
ISBN-13: 9780231171984
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Language: English
Published: 09/23/2014
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.20w x 0.70d