Cinema of Manoel de Oliveira

Manoel de Oliveira is the only filmmaker whose career spans from the silent era to the digital age and yet there is little written in English about his extensive filmography. This volume the first to discuss Oliveira's later works in English fills this incredible gap in scholarship on the director with fresh and original analysis of over 50 of Oliveira's films ranging from 1963's <i>Rite of Spring</i> to 2009's <i>Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl.</i><br/><br/>Organized by tropes and topics rather than chronological order of release <i>The Cinema of Manoel de Oliveira</i> creates a unique lens through which to consider the director and the ways in which his work links cinema literature and other artforms. Hajnal Király sheds new light on Oliveira's filmography with new readings of his work in relation to 20th and 21st century history.