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by James Naremore (Author), Darlene J. Sadlier (Author)
For over three decades, Portuguese director Pedro Costa has been widely admired for his unusual and innovative body of work, which has earned accolades and wide acclaim.
The Haunted Cinema of Pedro Costa is the most complete treatment of his work, exploring Costa's feature films from Blood to Vitalina Varela, and from the documentaries to the short films, museum exhibitions, and the forthcoming Daughters of Fire. Authors James Naremore and Darlene J. Sadlier situate Costa within the history and culture of Portugal, at the same time providing insightful close readings and stylistic analysis of the films. Their work explores the unusual features of his artistry and illuminates his unique contribution to cinema.
An accessible portrait of an important artist, The Haunted Cinema of Pedro Costa is an indispensable companion for scholars, students, and cinephiles everywhere.
Author Biography
James Naremore is Chancellors' Professor Emeritus of English, Comparative Literature, and the Media School at Indiana University Bloomington. He is author of numerous books, among them, More Than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts; On Kubrick and Charles Burnett: A Cinema of Symbolic Knowledge. He is editor (with Patrick M. Brantlinger) of Modernity and Mass Culture.
Darlene J. Sadlier is Professor Emerita of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University Bloomington. She is author of numerous books, most recently Memories of Underdevelopment; A Century of Brazilian Documentary Film: From Nationalism to Protest; and The Lilly Library from A to Z: Intriguing Objects in a World-Class Collection. She is editor and translator of One Hundred Years after Tomorrow: Brazilian Women's Fiction in the Twentieth Century.
