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Film wojenny w perspektywie genologicznej
War film in genological perspective

Author(s): Michał Lesiak
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Military history, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: film; war; genre;

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to present basic problems, that are related to war film as a film genre. The author examines popular theories on the extent and distribution of the war film category. For this purpose he reaches to the works of Jeanine Basinger, Łukasz Plesnar and Steve Neale. The article points out the controversies caused by narrow definition of the discussed notion.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 130-139
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish