An Essay Devoid of a Title, with Six Footnotes, About Other Three Essays on Keeping Silent. Methodologically Frail Cover Image

Pozbawiony tytułu esej z sześcioma przypisami o trzech innych esejach o milczeniu. Metodologicznie słaby
An Essay Devoid of a Title, with Six Footnotes, About Other Three Essays on Keeping Silent. Methodologically Frail

Author(s): Andrzej Pitrus
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: film essay;Holocaust / Zagłada;

Summary/Abstract: The author writes about three essayistic films concerning to concentration camps. They were created at different times, as well as in different countries. Their creators – although they are characterized by a different sensitivity, and their works prove the breadth of the formula of an essay – speak in a way with a common voice. They want to talk about what is in fact unnamed, which goes beyond the possibility of imagining the magnitude of the evil of the Holocaust. None of them is a documentalist. Instead of loud accusations, they explore the realm of silence. The author of the article tries to find out how to face a difficult topic – in the past, almost at the time of perpetration, and today, when a wave of neo-nationalist movements is sweeping through Europe and the world.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 104
  • Page Range: 35-44
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish