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Boro, L'Ile D'Amour : the Films of Walerian Borowczyk / edited by Kamila Kuc, Kuba Mikurda, and Michael Oleszczyk London: Berghahn Books,
Call No: 81 BOR BOREdition: 2015Place: New York; LondonPublisher: Berghahn BooksPhysDes: 212 p. ; illus. ; 23cmSubject: BOROWCZYK, WALERIAN ; GOTO L'ILE D'AMOUR (FR, Walerian Borowczyk, 1968) ; BLANCHE (FR, Walerian Borowczyk, 1971) ; BETE, LA (FR, Walerian Borowczyk, 1975) Notes: There has been a recent revival of interest in the work of Polish film director Walerian Borowczyk, a label-defying auteur and “escape artist” if there ever was one. This collection serves as an introduction and a guide to Borowczyk’s complex and ambiguous body of work, including panoramic views of the director’s output, focused studies of particular movies, and more personal, impressionistic pieces. Taken together, these contributions comprise a wide-ranging survey that is markedly experimental in character, allowing scholars to gain insight into previously unnoticed aspects of Borowczyk’s oeuvre. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781782387015Contents: CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Private Universe -- Kamila Kuc, Kuba Mikurda, Michal Oleszczyk
Chapter 1. Boro: Escape Artist -- Kuba Mikurda
Chapter 2. Borowczyk’s Kunstkamera -- Marcin Gizycki
Chapter 3. Animated Bodies: A Conversation Between Kuba Mikurda and Jakub Woynarowski
Chapter 4. Cruel Imagination: Borowczyk’s Post-Traumatic Surrealism -- Iwona Kurz
Chapter 5. The Postcard Never Sent: Guy de Maupassant and Rosalie Prudent’s Cinematic Confession -- Kamila Kuc
Chapter 6. Boro: The Guide for the Perplexed -- Fernando F. Croce
Chapter 7. Borowczyk’s Serial Labyrinth: From Goto, Isle of Love (1968) to Behind Convent Walls (1977) -- James Snazell
Chapter 8. Immoral Toys: On Borowczyk’s A Private Collection (1974) -- Edwin Carels
Chapter 9. The Beast with Two Backs: On Borowczyk’s The Beast (1975) -- Philip Warnell
Chapter 10. Laughter in the Doll House: On Victorian Surrealism in Walerian Borowczyk’s Films -- Kamila Wielebska
Chapter 11. Enjoying Excess: A Bataillean Interpretation of Story of Sin (1975) by Walerian Borowczyk and Stefan Zeromski -- Marta Rabikowska
Chapter 12. The Beach, the Bubble and the Boudoir: The Meeting-Spaces of Walerian Borowczyk and André Pieyre de Mandiargues -- Jonathan Owen
Chapter 13. Sex & the Sacred: The Obstacles to Desire Becoming its Objects -- Jakub Majmurek
Chapter 14. Reflecting on The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981) -- Budd Wilkins
Chapter 15. The Perils of Emmanuelle: A Conversation between Simon Abrams, Odie Henderson, and Michal Oleszczyk
Chapter 16. Revisiting Love Rites (1988) -- Kevin Lee
Contributors Biographies
Filmography
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BOROWCZYK, WALERIAN Digital clippings file available
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Immoral tales : European sex and horror movies 1956-1984 / Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1995.
Call No: 735.2 (4):749.0 (4) TOHAuthor: Tohill, Cathal ; Tombs, Pete Edition: 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: St. Martin's GriffinPubDate: 1995PhysDes: 272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmSubject: HORROR FILMS. GERMANY ; HORROR FILMS. ITALY ; HORROR FILMS. FRANCE ; HORROR FILMS. SPAIN ; EXPLOITATION FILMS ; SEX IN FILMS ; FRANCO, JESUS [JESS] ; LARRAZ, JOSE ; BENAZERAF, JOSE ; BOROWCZYK, WALERIAN ; ROLLIN, JEAN ; ROBBE-GRILLET, ALAIN ; NECRONOMICON - GETRAUMTE SUNDEN (GG/FR, Jesus Franco, 1968) ; FASCINATION (FR, Jean Rollin, 1979) ; VAMPYRES (UK, Jose Larraz, 1974) ; UN EPAIS MANTEAU DE SANG (FR/US, Jose Benazeraf, 1967) ; CONTES IMMORAUX (FR, Walerian Borowczyk, 1974) ; JEU AVEC LE FEU, LE (IT, FR, Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1975) Summary: 'From sexy thrillers to pulp surrealism, from decadent erotica to blood-soaker vampire epics, nothing could go too far'. Not so much a movie guide as an insightful critical overview of European horror/exploitation/sex films of the 1950s-1980s, this book is organised into a sequence of essays proceeding from general themes (the history of horrific art, the surgical metaphor), to regional styles (Italian, German, French, Spanish), to individual directors (Jesus Franco, Jean Rollin, José Larraz, José Bénazéraf, Walerian Borowczyk, Alain Robbe-Grillet), and provides a consice history covering this unique era. The book includes many photos, original poster art, and a useful appendix covering miscellaneous actors and directors from the genre.Notes: Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 269ISBN: 031213519X
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Melbourne Film Festival 1970 in Melbourne Film Bulletin (August 1970) iss.13 p.18-23
Author: Williams, Ross PhysDes: Article
ReviewSubject: ANTONIO DAS MORTES (BL, Glauber Rocha, 1969) ; ROCHA, GLAUBER ; QUE LA BETE MEURE (FR/IT, Claude Chabrol, 1969) ; CHABROL, CLAUDE ; MA NUIT CHEZ MAUD (FR, Eric Rohmer, 1969) ; ROHMER, ERIC ; SHONEN (JA, Nagisa Oshima, 1969) ; OSHIMA, NAGISA ; WSZYSTKO NA SPRZEDAZ (PL, Andrzej Wajda, 1968) ; WAJDA, ANDRZEJ ; GOTO L'ILE D'AMOUR (FR, Walerian Borowczyk, 1968) ; BOROWCZYK, WALERIAN ; DE ANTONIO, EMILE ; SPRY, ROBIN ; MEDIUM COOL (US, Haskell Wexler, 1969) ; WEXLER, HASKELL Summary: Review of the highlights of the 1970 Melbourne Film Festival. To be continued in M.F.B. No. 14.
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Unquiet Dreams : The Bestiary of Walerian Borowczyk / By Simon Strong [Collingwood, Victoria]: The LedaTape Organisation,
Call No: 81 BOR STRAuthor: Strong, Simon Edition: 2015Place: [Collingwood, Victoria]Publisher: The LedaTape OrganisationPhysDes: 134 pages ; illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24cmSubject: BOROWCZYK, WALERIAN ; BETE, LA (FR, Walerian Borowczyk, 1975) ; GOTO L'ILE D'AMOUR (FR, Walerian Borowczyk, 1968) ; BLANCHE (FR, Walerian Borowczyk, 1971) ; DZIEJE GRZECHU (PL, Walerian Borowczyk, 1975) ; EMMANUELLE (FR, Just Jaeckin, 1974) ; BESTIALITY ; BELLE ET LA BETE, LA (FR, Jean Cocteau, 1946) ; Dauman, Anatole Notes: Walerian Borowczyk was far and away the classiest of sleazy film-makers, and the sleaziest of the classy ones. Starting as an animator and director of visually rich kafkaesque fantasies (Blanche, Goto, Island of Love) he divided audiences by moving into graphic erotica (Immoral Tales, The Beast) and subsequently worked his way through exploitation tropes (nunsploitation, Jeksploitation, togasploitation) before creatively imploding spectacularly with his bizarre contribution to the Emmanuelle series.
Inspired in look and feel by seventies film and filth mags like Continental Film Review and Sex Stars System, the present author does not much value coherence or consistency. He is interested in contexts and connections, obscure minutiae, jokes (he will judge what is funny), and blurry screen grabs of topless women from seventies softcore flicks. Whilst not ideal, it's better than nothing. Probably. You figure it out. -- Back cover blurbISBN: 9780992302160Donation: Donated by The LedaTape Organisation (Collingwood)
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