Świat podzielony. Opętanie Andrzeja Żuławskiego jako thriller polityczny i psychologiczny
A Divided World. Andrzej Żuławski's Possession as a Political and Psychological Thriller
Author(s): Marcin Maron Subject(s): Cold-War History, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Uniwersytet Gdański
Keywords: Andrzej Żuławski; evil; possession; Cold War; gnosis; psychoanalysis;
Summary/Abstract: Andrzej Żuławski's Possession can be read as a political and psychological thriller about a world divided by the Cold War at the turn of the 1970s and 1980s. It is a world permeated by mysterious forces of "evil". Żuławski's heroes are people living in a state of neurosis and fear. The film depicts an obsession with dangerous manipulation of mental and biological forces activated under the influence of ideology. In Possession, the director presents a critical diagnosis of Western culture in the 1970s - the time after the contestation and sexual revolution.
Journal: Panoptikum
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 32 (39)
- Page Range: 150-162
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Polish
