{"product_id":"manoel-de-oliveira-1","title":"Manoel de Oliveira","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnderstanding the iconoclastic work of a lifelong cinematic pioneer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eManoel 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRandal Johnson navigates Oliveira's massive feature film oeuvre. Locating the director's work within the broader context of Portuguese and European cinema, Johnson discusses historical and political influences on Oliveira's work, particularly Portugal's transformation from dictatorship to social democracy. He ranges from Oliveira's early concerns with cinematic specificity to hybrid discourses that suggest a tenuous line between film and theater on the one hand, and between fiction and documentary on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare English-language portrait of the director, \u003ci\u003eManoel de Oliveira\u003c\/i\u003e invites students and scholars alike to explore the work of one of the cinema's greatest and most prolific artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"John Randal Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53614392279420,"sku":"9780252074424","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780252074424.jpg?v=1729068344","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/manoel-de-oliveira-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}