Like most westerners, I came to Wojciech Has by way of <i>The Saragossa Manuscript</i>, a picture I’ve always loved. It was many years before I was able to catch up with other Has films, for instance, <i>The Hourglass Sanatorium</i>, which came as a revelation. Annette Insdorf’s book provides welcome historical context and insight into the achievement of this singular filmmaker. A critical study of Has is long overdue, and no one but Insdorf could have written it." —Martin Scorsese<br /><br />"Has is a completely unrecognized genius, probably the most talented Polish director since the war with his own sensibility and vision." —Pawel Pawlikowski, director of Oscar-winning film <i>Ida</i><br /><br />"...Wojciech Has's singular films are long overdue for reappraisal inside and outside his native land. Annette Insdorf's new book is a slim but informative survey of all 14 of his features, emphasizing their diverse aesthetics and influences with concise prose... Tantalizing... Insdorf provides scholarship for others to build on." —<i>Film Comment</i><br /><br />"... we can now welcome the publication of a monograph by a scholar whose knowledge of Polish film history is as thorough as it is intimate... Insdorf never relinquishes her sharp attention to detail... an exemplary monograph on a great filmmaker." —<i>Cineaste</i><br /><br />"Insdorf is an exemplary critic whose clear, compact analyses are equally insightful on narrative, thematic, and audio visual levels. Almost every page of <i>Intimations </i>reveals something fresh about the 14 features on which Has’s reputation chiefly rests." —<i>Quarterly Review of Film and Video</i>