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Roman Polanski after The Pianist

The Man and His Films

Żaneta Jamrozik and Ewa Mazierska

290 pages, 14 illus., bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-80758-085-8 $135.00/£104.00 / Hb / Not Yet Published (November 2026)

eISBN 978-1-80758-086-5 eBook Not Yet Published


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The book is a successful attempt to analyse the late work of one of the most celebrated masters of world cinema. ... The Authors chase new stylistic trace in Polanski’s oeuvre, as well as narrative, visual, and sonic motifs recurring from his earlier works. Konrad Klejsa, University LodzUniversity Lodz

[This book] not only constitutes a significant contribution to ‘Polanski studies’, but also offers a number of important insights into the issues of contemporary film production and the discursive frameworks shaping the reception of art. Robert Birkholc, University of WarsawUniversity of Warsaw

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Roman Polanski after The Pianist examines Polanski's later films as a distinct and coherent phase in his career. Situating these works within changing industrial, cultural and political conditions, the book shows how Polanski's late cinema rethinks genre, sound, work, domestic space and historical memory. Drawing on production studies, sound analysis and theories of authorship and mediation, it explores the formal strategies through which these films construct their cinematic worlds. Engaging contemporary debates on art, morality and authorship, the authors argue for the critical autonomy of artworks in a culture increasingly shaped by biographical scrutiny and moral judgement.

Żaneta Jamrozik is an independent researcher. Her publications include ‘How to be an actress (in Poland): The figure of the actress in Wojciech Jerzy Has’s How to be Loved (1962)’ (Studies in Eastern European Cinema, 2013), ‘The Women in Waiting: Olivier Assayas’ Personal Shopper and Roman Polanski’s Based on a True Story’ (Studies in Eastern European Cinema, 2023) and 'Beauty is not the Word: Relocating Detroit in Eminem’s Video Beautiful' in Relocating Popular Music (ed. by G. Gregory and Ewa Mazierska, Palgrave 2015).

Ewa Mazierska is Professor of Contemporary Cinema, Department of Humanities, University of Central Lancashire. Her publications include numerous articles in Polish and English and several books, such as Dreams and Diaries: The Cinema of Nanni Moretti (Wallflower Press, London, 2004) and From Moscow to Madrid: Postmodern Cities, European Cinema (IB Tauris, 2003, London) (both co-authored with Laura Rascaroli). She also co-edited Relocating Britishness (MUP, 2004).

Subject: Film and Television Studies


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