Roman Polanski
Subtitle: a life in exile
By: Julia Ain-Krupa.
Series: Modern filmmakers; Modern filmmakers
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780313377808; 9780313377815
Subjects: Polanski, Roman; Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: From the outright horror of Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby to the seething corruption of Chinatown to the Holocaust nightmare of The Pianist, the films of Roman Polanski have gotten under our skin. But despite a career full of wicked entertainments and outright masterpieces, the best Roman Polanski story of all remains his own life.
Notes: Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Poland : the early years; title: Knife in the water (1962); title: Bridge to freedom : England in the sixties; title: Repulsion (1965); title: Cul-de-sac (1966); title: The fearless vampire killers (1967); title: American lullaby : Rosemary's baby (1968); title: No man's land; title: Redemption : Chinatown (1974); title: The stranger upstairs : The tenant (1976); title: "A pure woman faithfully presented" : Tess (1979); title: Where is Polanski?; title: Pirates (1986); title: Frantic (1988); title: Bitter moon (1992); title: Return to suspense; title: Death and the maiden (1994); title: The ninth gate (1999); title: The pianist (2002); title: Oliver Twist (2005).