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Book SynopsisIn this first study in English of a master of Polish cinema, Annette Insdorf explores Wojciech Has's thirteen feature films with the same deep insight of her groundbreaking book on Krzysztof Kieslowski,
Double Lives, Second Chances (Northwestern, 2013).
Intimations: The Cinema of Wojciech Has is the definitive guide in English to his work.
Trade ReviewLike most westerners, I came to Wojciech Has by way of
The Saragossa Manuscript, a picture I’ve always loved. It was many years before I was able to catch up with other Has films, for instance,
The Hourglass Sanatorium, which came as a revelation. Annette Insdorf’s book provides welcome historical context and insight into the achievement of this singular filmmaker. A critical study of Has is long overdue, and no one but Insdorf could have written it." —Martin Scorsese
"Has is a completely unrecognized genius, probably the most talented Polish director since the war with his own sensibility and vision." —Pawel Pawlikowski, director of Oscar-winning film
Ida"...Wojciech Has's singular films are long overdue for reappraisal inside and outside his native land. Annette Insdorf's new book is a slim but informative survey of all 14 of his features, emphasizing their diverse aesthetics and influences with concise prose... Tantalizing... Insdorf provides scholarship for others to build on." —
Film Comment"... we can now welcome the publication of a monograph by a scholar whose knowledge of Polish film history is as thorough as it is intimate... Insdorf never relinquishes her sharp attention to detail... an exemplary monograph on a great filmmaker." —
Cineaste"Insdorf is an exemplary critic whose clear, compact analyses are equally insightful on narrative, thematic, and audio visual levels. Almost every page of
Intimations reveals something fresh about the 14 features on which Has’s reputation chiefly rests." —
Quarterly Review of Film and VideoTable of Contents
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - The Noose (Petla, 1957)
- Chapter 3 - Farewells (Pozegnania, 1958)
- Chapter 4 - One Room Tenants (WspÓlny pokÓj, 1960)
- Chapter 5 - Partings (Rosztanie, 1961)
- Chapter 6 - Gold Dreams (Zloto, 1962)
- Chapter 7 - How to Be Loved (Jak byc kochana, 1963)
- Chapter 8 - The Saragossa Manuscript (Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie, 1964)
- Chapter 9 - Codes (Szyfry, 1966)
- Chapter 10 - The Doll (Lalka, 1968)
- Chapter 11 - The Sandglass (Sanatorium pod klepsydra, 1973)
- Chapter 12 - An Uneventful Story (Nieciekawa historia, 1983)
- Chapter 13 - Write and Fight (Pismak, 1985)
- Chapter 14 - The Memoirs of a Sinner (Osobisty pamietnik grzesznika przez niego samego spisany, 1986)
- Chapter 15 - The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (Niezwykla podrÓz Baltazara Kobera, 1988)
- Chapter 16 - Epilogue: Lodz Film School
- Appendix: Early Shorts
- Appendix: Lodz Film School Projects
- Appendix: The Saragossa Manuscript DVD Liner Notes
- Notes
- Photo Captions
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index
