The films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Subtitle: a cinema of emancipation
By: Suranjan Ganguly
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781783084098; 9781783084104
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: "The first comprehensive study of the feature films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan, India's most distinguished contemporary filmmaker"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Things fall apart: Mukhamukham and the failure of the collective; title: The domain of inertia: Elippathayam and the crisis of masculinity; title: Master and slave: Vidheyan and the debasement of power[1]; title: The server and the served: Kodiyettam and the politics of consumption; title: The search for home: Swayamvaram and the struggle with conscience; title: Woman in the doorway: Naalu Pennungal and Oru Pennum Randaanum; title: Making the imaginary real: Anantaram, Mathilukal and Nizhalkkuthu; title: The dream of emancipation: Kathapurushan and the triumph of the individual filmography.