Peter Cowie

An informal yet informed journey through the classic works of Japanese cinema and their directors. This is a passionate, personal journey through one of the world's greatest national cinemas, beginning with the classic directors who came to the fore in the postwar period and became legendary names on the art house circuit: Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, Ozu, Kobayashi, Naruse, and Oshima, among...

'A commanding portrait.' Total Film 'Indispensable . . . rich, engaging, thorough.' Sight & Sound 'Bergman's films stand alone as beacons in film history.' Wim Wenders A chronicle of the life and career of one of film's defining figures, God and the Devil draws on exclusive extracts from Bergman's diaries, letters and production workbooks. Peter Cowie brings us close to...