Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair

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A unique voice in cinema today, Mira Nair's films feature an incomparably sensuous visual style yet at the same time 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 as evidenced in: Salaam Bombay! (1988); Mississippi Masala (1991); The Perez Family (1993); Kama Sutra (1996); My Own Country (1998); Monsoon Wedding (2001); Hysterical Blindness (2002); Vanity Fair (2004); and The Namesake (releasing 2006). Muir analyses all of Nair's work, including her documentaries.

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A unique voice in cinema today, Mira Nair's films feature an incomparably sensuous visual style yet at the same time 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 as evidenced in: Salaam Bombay! (1988); Mississippi Masala (1991); The Perez Family (1993); Kama Sutra (1996); My Own Country (1998); Monsoon Wedding (2001); Hysterical Blindness (2002); Vanity Fair (2004); and The Namesake (releasing 2006). Muir analyses all of Nair's work, including her documentaries.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers,U.S.
Published: 15 Jun 2006
ISBN 10: 1557836493
ISBN 13: 9781557836496

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I want my films to explode with life. - Mira Nair

Author Bio

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.