Architecture, Set Design, and Space in Marian Wimmer’s Film Reflection: A Commentary
Architecture, Set Design, and Space in Marian Wimmer’s Film Reflection: A Commentary

Summary/Abstract: The editors of Kwartalnik Filmowy begin a series of re-prints of archival articles from the journal’s first edition, published in 1951-1965. This project aims to recreate thehistory of Polish film thought and re-establish the most si-gnificant achievements of past authors, accompanied witha commentary that reconstructs the context of their workand situates them against contemporary trends in film the-ory and history. Marian Wimmer was an architect who alsodealt with architectural and art theory. He was particularlyinterested in the problem of space, including film space.The author recapitulates his achievements in this field,pointing to his interest in the viewer’s position and theprinciples of reception and perception of a film work,which later developed in the cognitive and neoformalisttrend of film theory. (Non-reviewed material).

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