Meandry kina (anty)wojennego. Rola polskiego kontekstu krytyczno filmowego w postrzeganiu gatunku. Przypadek 1917
Meanders of (Anti-)War Cinema: The Role of the Context of Polish Film Criticism in the Reception of Genre. The Case of 1917

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the war film genre through the lens of the reception of Sam Mendes’s 1917 (2019) in Polish film criticism. Using the example of this film, which generates numerous problems for a genre-based approach, the author demonstrates the importance of considering the context of film criticism in genre studies, in particular due to the war film genre being ambiguously defined in film studies. He argues for a shift from Rick Altman’s film genre theory to Andrew Tudor’s approach, which incorporates social and cultural contexts. In his research, the author also draws on Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory, which recognises the role of critics in shaping cultural knowledge, as well as Janet Staiger’s perspective, which emphasises the influence of social and national factors on the reception of cinema. The article answers questions regarding the complex status of the anti-war film and traces the genre concepts present in the critical reception of 1917.

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