The Altering Eye: Contemporary International Cinema (Galaxy Books)

Most filmmakers, especially in the United States, have chosen not to upset their audiences. But since World War II, an alternative cinema has emerged on a significant scale, particularly in Europe and Latin America- a cinema that challenges rather than soothes, that questions assumptions rather than reinforces them. This kind of film-'made in a spirit of resistance, rebellion and refusal'-is the focus of this important and stimulating study.

Investigates an international array of filmmakers of the postwar period who have struggled to make cinema a vital art.