Religious and quasi-religious attitudes in four Polish documentaries from 2008–2019
Religious and quasi-religious attitudes in four Polish documentaries from 2008–2019
Author(s): Krzysztof KopczyńskiSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Theology and Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Polish film; documentary; religious film; transcendental style; Romanticism; paradigm of Romanticism; religion in film; Roberta Grossman; Who Will Write Our History; Beata Dzianowicz; Kites; Anna Zame
Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to present different ways of showing religious and quasi-religious attitudes in contemporary Polish documentaries. The discussion is based on four feature-length films: Kites by Beata Dzianowicz (2008), Communion by Anna Zamecka (2016), Who Will Write Our History by Roberta Grossman (2018), and Tell No One by Tomasz Sekielski (2019). The author evaluates the methodological usefulness of reflection in the documentary of the “religious film” category used in Polish research and the concept of “transcendent(al) style” taken from Paul Schrader’s book. Occasionally touching upon the question of the relationship with audiences, the author also mentions the paradigm of Polish Romanticism present in contemporary culture.
Journal: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
- Issue Year: 30/2021
- Issue No: 39
- Page Range: 139-155
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English