THE FILMS OF JOÃO PEDRO RODRIGUES & JOÃO RUI GUERRA DA MATA ∙ JOSÉ DUARTE & FILIPA ROSÁRIO (ED.)

THE FILMS OF JOÃO PEDRO RODRIGUES & JOÃO RUI GUERRA DA MATA • Edited by José Duarte & Filipa Rosário • 2022 Edinburgh University Press 225 pgs • Texts: José Bértolo, Glòria Salvadó-Corretger, Fran Benavente, Olivier Cheval, Andrija Filipović, António Fernando Cascais, Hyemin Kim, Carlos Alberto Carrilho and Rita Ferrão, Caterina Cucinota & Etc • Includes Interview with the directors run by Julián Daniel Gutiérrez Albilla • ReFocus: The International Directors Series is edited by Robert Singer, Stefanie Van de Peer & Gary D. Rhodes • Cover image: JPR & JRGM, photography of Leonor Noivo • “Without ever assuming itself as a manifesto against the auteur theory (which, since the 1950s, has absorbed the entire discourse of cinephilia and film theory), ReFocus: The Films of João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata is an example that the academy begins to expand its scope beyond the figure of the director. [...] In the absence of more extensive studies on the various creative voices that are sheltered in "allegedly" technical positions, comes a book that, in gathering a set of distinct perspectives on the filmography of João Pedro Rodrigues, also presents a panoramic view of one of the most reflexive art directors of Portuguese cinema, João Rui Guerra da Mata.” Ricardo Vieira Lisboa • PVP 109,44€ • Livraria Linha de Sombra • www.linhadesombra.com • Cinemateca Portuguesa-Museu do Cinema.