Face-to-Face The Cinema of Adoor Gopalakrishnan

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Face-to-Face The Cinema of Adoor Gopalakrishnan is written by Parthajit Baruah and published by Harper Collins. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9351361969 (ISBN 10) and 9789351361961 (ISBN 13).

Over four decades and more, Adoor Gopalakrishnan has turned out eleven films of great artistic merit and integrity - all of which use the universal language of human emotions and human psychology to tell the tales of ordinary people tackling life's tribulations.Face-to-Face is a critical introduction to the aesthetics of Adoor's cinema, his development as a film-maker, and his engagement with the culture, customs and history of Kerala. It is also a primer to his films, interpreting each thematically and stylistically, throwing light upon his unique way of representing his thematic concerns. Parthajit Baruah's well-researched narrative is a welcome addition to the literature on one of India's greatest film-makers.