{"product_id":"boro-lile-damour-the-films-of-walerian-borowczyk-9781782387015","title":"Boro, L'Île d'Amour: The Films of Walerian","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThere has been a recent revival of interest in the work of Polish film director Walerian Borowczyk, a label-defying auteur and “escape artist” if there ever was one. This collection serves as an introduction and a guide to Borowczyk’s complex and ambiguous body of work, including panoramic views of the director’s output, focused studies of particular movies, and more personal, impressionistic pieces. Taken together, these contributions comprise a wide-ranging survey that is markedly experimental in character, allowing scholars to gain insight into previously unnoticed aspects of Borowczyk’s \u003cem\u003eoeuvre\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The contributors to this collection use new archival sources to provide a comprehensive map of Boro’s career and to reestablish his place in the history of Polish and European avant-garde and art cinema.  All the essays are well informed and clearly written; collectively, they provide valuable insights into Boro's often puzzling, sometimes scandalous motivations and productions.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eBoro, L'Île d'Amour\u003cem\u003e will prove an essential companion for both those readers who wish to dive deeper into specific topics, and those looking to cherry-pick individual films …one of the qualities that Borowczyk valued most in film was its ability to capture perpetual motion. [This volume] does just that: it honors the artist in flux, finding fresh points of connection, without trying to pin him down.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Cineaste\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…a thought-provoking collection of different essays commenting on the life and films of a renowned Polish film director, Walerian Borowczyk… One of the strengths of this book is that the authors of the essays link Borowczyk’s artistic output with the social and artistic environment of Poland in which he grew up, and of France, where he spent most of his adult life.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Slavic Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e A Private Universe\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKamila Kuc, Kuba Mikurda, Michał Oleszczyk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Boro: Escape Artist\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKuba Mikurda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Borowczyk’s Kunstkamera\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarcin Giżycki\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Animated Bodies: A Conversation Between Kuba Mikurda and Jakub Woynarowski\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cruel Imagination: Borowczyk’s Post-Traumatic Surrealism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eIwona Kurz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Postcard Never Sent: Guy de Maupassant and Rosalie Prudent’s Cinematic Confession\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKamila Kuc\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Boro: The Guide for the Perplexed\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFernando F. Croce\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Borowczyk’s Serial Labyrinth: From \u003cem\u003eGoto, Isle of Love\u003c\/em\u003e (1968) to \u003cem\u003eBehind Convent Walls\u003c\/em\u003e (1977)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJames Snazell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Immoral Toys: On Borowczyk’s \u003cem\u003eA Private Collection\u003c\/em\u003e (1974)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEdwin Carels\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Beast with Two Backs: On Borowczyk’s \u003cem\u003eThe Beast\u003c\/em\u003e (1975)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePhilip Warnell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Laughter in the Doll House: On Victorian Surrealism in Walerian Borowczyk’s Films\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKamila Wielebska\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Enjoying Excess: A Bataillean Interpretation of \u003cem\u003eStory of Sin\u003c\/em\u003e (1975) by Walerian Borowczyk and Stefan Żeromski\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarta Rabikowska\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Beach, the Bubble and the Boudoir: The Meeting-Spaces of Walerian Borowczyk and André Pieyre de Mandiargues\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJonathan Owen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sex \u0026amp; the Sacred: The Obstacles to Desire Becoming its Objects\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJakub Majmurek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e Reflecting on \u003cem\u003eThe Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Miss Osbourne\u003c\/em\u003e (1981)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBudd Wilkins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Perils of Emmanuelle: A Conversation between Simon Abrams, Odie Henderson, and Michał Oleszczyk\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16. \u003c\/strong\u003eRevisiting \u003cem\u003eLove Rites\u003c\/em\u003e (1988)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKevin Lee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tContributors Biographies\u003cbr\u003e \tFilmography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042222244183,"sku":"9781782387015","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782387015.jpg?v=1750953505","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/boro-lile-damour-the-films-of-walerian-borowczyk-9781782387015","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}