The Cinema of Manoel De Oliveira

Organized by tropes and topics, rather than chronological order, this volume creates a unique lens with which to focus on the links between cinema, literature, painting, and other art forms in Manoel de Oliveira's work. Hajnal Kirâaly reads the films inrelation to 20th-century Portuguese, European and global history. Many of Oliveira's over 50 films are discussed, including Rite of Spring (1963) and Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (2009). The only book to cover his later films, this book uncovers the persistent topics that permeates his oeuvre--