Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vi
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Departures and Returns 8
7. 2. Authorial Investments 22
8. Part I BBC, Documentaries and Beyond
9. 3. Early Documentaries 1987–1990: In Search of a Voice 43
10. 4. Late Documentaries 1990–1995: In Search of a Style 59
11. 5. Between Fact and Fiction: The Grave Case of Charlie Chaplin and The Stringer 83
12. Part II The English Trilogy
13. 6. Poetry of the Quotidian: Twockers 101
14. 7. Cartographies of the New Europe: Last Resort 114
15. 8. Conjuring Englishness: My Summer of Love 131
16. Part III The French Interlude
17. 9. In Search of an Author: The Woman in the Fifth 149
18. Part IV Polish Returns, Modernist Aesthetics
19. 10. Postsecular Modernity and Polish–Jewish Relations: Ida 171
20. 11. Music, Space and Identity: Cold War 193
21. Conclusion 212
22. Filmography 217
23. References 219
24. Index 234