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Artysta i poetyckie prowokacje w bułgarskim filmie akcji Iluzja z lat 80.
The Artist and the Poetic Provocations in the 1980 Bulgarian Live-Action Film Illusion

Author(s): Maria Panova
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej

Summary/Abstract: This text highlights the aesthetic explorations of Bulgarian cinematographers from the 1980s, specifically those aimed at people of art. The article offers, first, a brief overview of films that examine the symbolic potential of the artist, which defines the consideration of an established and meaningful tendency in the development of Bulgarian cinema. The article focuses then on the live-action film Illusion (1980, directed by Lyudmil Staykov and written by Konstantin Pavlov) and examines the figure of the artist in the piece. The presented interpretation supports the view of the film as a morally valuable expression of modern art.

  • Issue Year: 1/2021
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 229-248
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English