A postmodern palimpsest: Polish Legends. Operation Basilisk Cover Image

Postmodernistyczny palimpsest: Legendy Polskie. Operacja „Bazyliszek”
A postmodern palimpsest: Polish Legends. Operation Basilisk

Author(s): Katarzyna Kaczor
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Polish Legends; Polish popular culture of the 21st century; T. Baginski; fantasy; New Adventure Cinema

Summary/Abstract: This article is a case study presenting an analysis and interpretation of the short film Operation Basilisk, produced as part of the ‘Polish Legends’ project, representing the convention of New Adventure Cinema. Its aim is to trace the multifaceted nature of the transtextual relations used by the filmmakers in order to realize a high quality popular culture text representative of convergence culture and to show the resulting connotations of the terms ‘Polish’ and ‘Slavic’.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 17-34
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish