Manoel de Oliveira

by Randal Johnson

Understanding the iconoclastic work of a lifelong cinematic pioneer

Manoel de Oliveira's eighty-five year career made him a filmmaking icon and a cultural giant in his native Portugal. A lifelong cinematic pioneer, Oliveira merged distinctive formal techniques with philosophical treatments of universal themes--frustrated love, aging, nationhood, evil, and divine grace--in films that always moved against mainstream currents.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252074424
• ISBN13: 9780252074424
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.4"