TY - BOOK AU - Ehrenstein,David TI - Roman Polanski T2 - Masters of cinema SN - 9782866429171 (pbk) AV - PN 1998.3 E33r 2012 U1 - 791.4302/33092 PY - 2012/// CY - Paris PB - Cahiers du cinema Sarl KW - Polanski, Roman KW - Polanski, Román, KW - Motion picture producers and directors KW - United States KW - Primera Jornada de Catalogacion KW - Directores y productores de cine N1 - Includes filmography (p. 98-100); Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-101); Playing with knives : Knife in the water, Repulsion -- The dark fantastic : Dance of the vampires, Rosemary's baby, The ninth gate -- Polanskiesque : Cul-de-sac, What?, The tenant, Pirates, Bitter moon -- Raymond Chandler's nightmare : Chinatown, Frantic -- Classical Polanski : Macbeth, Tess, Oliver Twist -- Polanskian politics : Death and the maiden, The pianist, The ghost writer -- The perfect film : Carnage N2 - Roman Polanski (born in 1933) is a French - Polish film director, producer, writer and actor, who stands as one of the most influential directors living today. A truly international filmmaker, Polanski has received numerous awards, including the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and five Oscar nominations. Polanski has tackled many genres, including the horror film (Rosemary's Baby, 1968), film noir (Chinatown, 1974), historical drama (Tess, 1979), and, more recently, the war film The Pianist (2002), about the Holocaust, and the thriller The Ghost Writer (2010). Polanski has also directed some of the most talented actresses of our time, including Catherine Deneuve, Mia Farrow and Kate Winslet. Polanski's films are dominated by a sense of claustrophobia and deal with the existential themes of loneliness, fear and uneasiness ER -