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Description - Mercy in Her Eyes by John Kenneth Muir

I want my films to explode with life. aMira Nair. This the first book to examine the films of the acclaimed and popular Indian-born and Harvard educated filmmaker Mira Nair. A unique voice in cinema today she is one of the few female directors who made it to the top of a male-dominated profession. Her films feature an incomparably sensuous visual style yet at the same time often record the injustice of the disenfranchised and the cross-pollination of East and West. Her twin themes of realism and romance make for dazzling cinema.THJohn Kenneth Muir analyzes all of Nair's work including:THU ESalaam Bombay!E (1988) the groundbreaking story of a young boy abandoned by his family on the streets of Bombay.THU EMississippi MasalaE (1991) an interracial small town romance between an Indian woman (Sarita Choudhury) and an African American businessman (Denzel Washington).THU EMonsoon WeddingE (2001) featuring a Bollywood carnival atmosphere one of the most successful foreign films ever released in the United States.THU EHysterical BlindnessE (2002) the HBO film featuring Uma Thurman and Juliette Lewis looking for love in all the wrong places.THU The big-budget Hollywood adaptation of the Thackery novel EVanity FairE (2004) starring Reese Witherspoon Gabriel Byrne and Eileen Atkins.

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Book Details

ISBN: 9781557836496
ISBN-10: 1557836493
Format: Paperback / softback
(222mm x 152mm x 19mm)
Pages: 1
Imprint: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Publish Date: 15-May-2006
Country of Publication: United States

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Author Biography - John Kenneth Muir

John Kenneth Muir is the author of 16 books, including Singing A New Tune, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest & Company, The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi, and An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith. He writes a monthly opinion column for the Webzine Far Sector.