Studia nad historią. Brechtowskie filmy Radu Judego
Studies on History: Radu Jude’s Brechtian Films

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the work of the Romanian film director Radu Jude, who continued to examine historical topics after completing Aferim! in 2015. The author presents basic concepts of the historical film (with reference to William Guynn’s and Robert Rosenstone’s findings) and gives a brief overview of the dominant aesthetics and narratives of Romanian films produced in the 21st century. In this context, the author analyzes I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (Îmi este indiferent daca în istorie vom intra ca barbari, 2018) and Uppercase Print (Tipografic Majuscul, 2020) – two feature films in which Jude refers to Bertolt Brecht’s theory and updates the poetics of modernist cinema. By focusing on historical issues, as analyzed with the use of reflexive modes of storytelling, Jude tries not to follow the thematic tendencies of recent Romanian cinema.

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