British Film Institute, 2002, Softcover, Book Condition: Very Good, First Paperback, Illustrated By: Photographic

acknowledgements, bibliography, filmography and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography and film stills from Kusturica's films and life. Colour photographic card cover white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Part of World Directors series of books, the author looks at the Bosnian born Emir Kusturica and his films. Dogged by controversy and praised in equal measure, this book (and the author) gives a "... balanced examination of Kusturica's personality, films, artistry and ideology – showing how Kusturica's intensely held (though changing) Balkan affiliations lie at the root of a practice which has proved to be one of the latest and most glorious flowerings of the European auteurist tradition." -- from the rear panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], 2-198, [2] pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Book is in very good condition with minimal signs of age and wear.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Film, Radio & Television. ISBN: 0851708994. ISBN/EAN: 9780851708997. Inventory No: 0118286.