HETEROTOPIAS IN THE SLOVAK FICTION FILM OF THE 1990s AS SPACES OF SELF-TRANSFORMATION
HETEROTOPIAS IN THE SLOVAK FICTION FILM OF THE 1990s AS SPACES OF SELF-TRANSFORMATION
Author(s): Jana DudkováContributor(s): Martin Solotruk (Translator)
Subject(s): Cultural history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Ústav divadelnej a filmovej vedy SAV
Keywords: Slovak cinema; postsocialism; heterotopias; space in the film;
Summary/Abstract: The study examines heterotopias in three distinct Slovak films as symptoms of disenfranchisement on the part of the film-makers during the transformative period in Slovak cinema. The first part analyses idyllic and heterotopic qualities of space in Martin Šulík’s Záhrada [The Garden, 1995], while the following parts examine heterotopic spaces in debuts by Štefan Semjan Na krásnom modrom Dunaji [On the Beautiful Blue Danube, 1994] and Miroslav Šindelka Vášnivý bozk [A Passionate Kiss, 1994]. The study shows how heterotopic qualities of spaces in these films correspond with self-transformation of the main characters and how the very processes of self-transformation can serve as commentaries on current situation within Slovak film industry.
Journal: Slovenské divadlo
- Issue Year: 68/2020
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 229-238
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English