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Cosmopolitanism, Migration In View Of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Idealism
Cosmopolitanism, Migration In View Of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Idealism

Author(s): Janina Falkowska
Subject(s): Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna
Keywords: cosmopolitanism; migration; Krzysztof Kieslowski; equality; colonialism

Summary/Abstract: In the article “Cosmopolitanism, migration in view of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s idealism” Janina Falkowska explores the idea of cosmopolitanism in the context of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s last films. She takes into consideration the idealistic tradition of cosmopolitanism and its later “degeneration” in the direction of the colonialist perspective; the author analyzes the film Bialy (White) which reveals internal contradictions and ambiguities in its idealistic approach to the ideas of cosmopolitanism and equality.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 127-142
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English