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The Man from the Third Row Fredrik Gustafsson

The Man from the Third Row By Fredrik Gustafsson

The Man from the Third Row by Fredrik Gustafsson

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This first-ever English-language book on the subject provides an engaging, comprehensive survey of Ekman's career, combining explorations of historical context with insightful analyses of styles and themes.

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The Man from the Third Row: Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman by Fredrik Gustafsson

Until his early retirement at age 50, Hasse Ekman was one of the leading lights of Swedish cinema, an actor, writer, and director of prodigious talents. Yet today his work is virtually unknown outside of Sweden, eclipsed by the filmography of his occasional collaborator (and frequent rival) Ingmar Bergman. This comprehensive introductionthe first ever in Englishfollows Ekmans career from his early days as a film journalist, through landmark films such as Girl with Hyacinths (1950), to his retirement amid exhaustion and disillusionment. Combining historical context with insightful analyses of Ekmans styles and themes, this long overdue study considerably enriches our understanding of Swedish film history.

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The publication is a refreshing addition to cinema shelves for it also contributes to the discourse of authorship, and provides much need international articulation of the history of Swedish cinema. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

The book has much to offer, providing the reader with insight not only into Ekman and his films but also Swedish cinema more generally. That said, given the attempt to distance Ekman from Bergman, there is some irony that The Man from the Third Row is also fascinating for anyone interested in the latter Indeed, discussions of the open rivalry between the two are among the most exciting aspects of Gustafssons book. Studies in European Cinema

a much needed, well-written and informative overview of an under-researched filmmaker" Flm

Fredrik Gustafsson has given the enormously talented Swedish writer-director Hasse Ekman the English-language critical study and international exposure he has long deserved. This revelatory book not only reclaims an overlooked European auteur, but also compellingly establishes the 1940s as one of the most essential decades in the Swedish film canon. Arne Lunde, University of California, Los Angeles

Gustafsson's comprehensive study of the consummate film artist Hasse Ekman casts a new light on Swedish cinema. Combining auteur study with an encyclopedic knowledge of 20th century film culture, Gustafsson places the little known Ekman at the crossroads of new cinema developments in Sweden and beyond. An original and fundamental study. Robert Burgoyne, University of St. Andrews

About Fredrik Gustafsson

Fredrik Gustafsson works at the library at the Swedish Film Institute and teaches film history at Orebro University, Sweden. He holds a doctorate in film studies from the University of St. Andrews. He also has programmed numerous Bergman and Ekman retrospectives around the world, writes regularly for La Furia Umana, and blogs atfredrikonfilm.blogspot.com.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. On Auteurs and National Cinema
Chapter 2. The Social Context
Chapter 3. Swedish Cinema
Chapter 4. Hasse Ekman in the Renaissance
Chapter 5. The Early 1950s
Chapter 6. The Final Years
Chapter 7. Ideas and Legacy

Conclusion

Filmography
Works cited
Index

Additional information

GOR012816894
9781785332869
1785332864
The Man from the Third Row: Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman by Fredrik Gustafsson
Fredrik Gustafsson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Berghahn Books
2016-10-01
176
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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