István Szabó: Filmmaker of Existential Choices
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Istv n Szab is one of the few Hungarian filmmakers to have earned a major international reputation over the past half century. This thoughtful and original book is the first examination of Szab 's contribution to contemporary thought, engaging the troubled history of Europe in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Istv n Szab 's importance as a filmmaker lies not only in his attention to film's formal elements but in his deep and ongoing engagement with some of the most urgent ethical and existential questions of our time. With detailed analyses of Istv n Szab 's major films, from his 1960s works to his Academy Award for Best Foreign Film winner, Mephisto, and on through Szab 's last film in 2020, Final Report, Susan Rubin Suleiman focuses on four important questions pertaining to existential choice: to leave home or to stay in a communist country? To collaborate or not with an authoritarian regime? To affirm or to deny one's Jewishness in the face of antisemitism? To seek or to give up on community in the face of individual or national conflicts? Above all, Suleiman addresses the single most important philosophical question that haunts Szab 's work, as it does that of many other Central European intellectuals and filmmakers of our time. That is, how do individuals attempt, through the life choices they make or that are foisted on them, to create a viable self in extreme historical situations over which they have no control?Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1350181838
ISBN13:9781350181830
Release Date:February 2024
Publisher:Bloomsbury Academic
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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