Polish film director Roman Polanski (born 1933) inundates cinema with black humor, alienated and isolated characters, violence, and suspense. Plagued, yet motivated by a lifetime of personal tragedy, ...
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Like his internationally famous films, the life of director Roman Polanski involved terror and tragedy. A Holocaust survivor whose difficult childhood was lived on the run from Nazis, Polanski won wid...
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Critical Essay by Normand Berlin
[With Roman Polanski's screen version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, we] may wish to regret that tragedy has become melodrama, that the camera has replaced t...
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Critical Essay by Colin Mcarthur
[Roman Polanski's] surrealism is visceral rather than intellectual and he seems not to be aware of surrealist theory and revolutionary implications as set out ...
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In the following essay, Lindberg examines several of the recurring themes in Polanski's oeuvre—including voyeurism, insanity, and sexual repression—and comments that Polanski�...
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In the following review, Thompson praises the re-release of Polanski's early film Knife in the Water, arguing that the work is still compelling thirty years after its initial release.
[In Kn...
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In the following essay, Welkos and Wallace discuss Polanski's career and his current status as a viable director in the Hollywood film industry.
Roman Polanski.
The name is steeped in Hol...
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In the following excerpt, O'Brien discusses a selection of recent thrillers, including Frantic, and notes that Polanski's film lacks suspense, wit, and originality.
Some recent movies...
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Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski
Critical Essay by Normand Berlin
