Ewa Mazierska is Reader in Contemporary Cinema at the University of Central Lancashire. She is co-author, with Laura Rascaroli of From Moscow to Madrid: European Cities and Postmodern Cinema (I.B. Tauris, 2003) and Crossing New Europe: The European Road Movie (2006), and with El bieta Ostrowska, Women in Polish Cinema (2006).

• ContentsIntroduction1. The autobiographical effect in the cinema of Polanski2. The absurd and how to deal with it: narratives and characters in Polanski's films3. Landscapes and inner sceneries: recurring visual motifs of Polanski's films4. All that jazz and noise: music in Polanski's films5. Trust yourself: Polanski's ideology6. Adapt to survive and express oneself: Polanski's encounters with literature7. Matrix or empty vessel: Polanski's uses of genreconclusion: the cinema of a cultural travellerAppendix: Filmography (with technical details and synopsesNotesBibliographyIndex

Ewa Mazierska is Reader in Contemporary Cinema at the University of Central Lancashire. She is co-author, with Laura Rascaroli of From Moscow to Madrid: European Cities and Postmodern Cinema (I.B. Tauris, 2003) and Crossing New Europe: The European Road Movie (2006), and with El bieta Ostrowska, Women in Polish Cinema (2006).

• ContentsIntroduction1. The autobiographical effect in the cinema of Polanski2. The absurd and how to deal with it: narratives and characters in Polanski's films3. Landscapes and inner sceneries: recurring visual motifs of Polanski's films4. All that jazz and noise: music in Polanski's films5. Trust yourself: Polanski's ideology6. Adapt to survive and express oneself: Polanski's encounters with literature7. Matrix or empty vessel: Polanski's uses of genreconclusion: the cinema of a cultural travellerAppendix: Filmography (with technical details and synopsesNotesBibliographyIndex

Ewa Mazierska is Reader in Contemporary Cinema at the University of Central Lancashire. She is co-author, with Laura Rascaroli of From Moscow to Madrid: European Cities and Postmodern Cinema (I.B. Tauris, 2003) and Crossing New Europe: The European Road Movie (2006), and with El bieta Ostrowska, Women in Polish Cinema (2006).

• ContentsIntroduction1. The autobiographical effect in the cinema of Polanski2. The absurd and how to deal with it: narratives and characters in Polanski's films3. Landscapes and inner sceneries: recurring visual motifs of Polanski's films4. All that jazz and noise: music in Polanski's films5. Trust yourself: Polanski's ideology6. Adapt to survive and express oneself: Polanski's encounters with literature7. Matrix or empty vessel: Polanski's uses of genreconclusion: the cinema of a cultural travellerAppendix: Filmography (with technical details and synopsesNotesBibliographyIndex