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Počeci popularne kulture

Author(s): Marina Matić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 125/2009

The text describes the beginnings of popular culture in Europe, with a special emphasis on the press. After the discovery of printing, first xylograph printing at the end of the XIV century and then Gutenberg’s in the mid XV century, this media had been the basis for spreading mass culture until the late XX century. For the first time in known history, we are attending mass consumption of art. The press enabled the lowest social classes to possess cheap copies of their guardian saints. Besides this religious utilization, also widely spread were moralizing and educational materials with lots of graphics (Ars morendi, Das Narrenschiff, S. Brant, Adagia, E. Rotterdam), fashion manuals (De Gli Habiti Antichi et Moderni, C. Vecellio), Block-buch, even pornographic literature (I modi, P. Aretino). Furthermore, a possibility was discovered to use the press for propaganda and political purposes, especially after the beginning of reformation. This media was suitable for a series of satiric printed posters (The Fall of the Papacy, The Seven Headed- -papal Beast...) who mocked the Pope and the Catholic Church.

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Kategoria przypadku w filmowej tetralogii Michelangela Antonioniego

Author(s): Zuzanna Sokołowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 12/2015

Michelangelo Antonioni is an Italian director whose images leave the viewers in a state of subtle suspension. His films oscillate around existential matters which, above all, are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence as well as neuroticism, so characteristic to his whole creative activity. Director’s discerning observation does not end where a decision or a fleeting change is communicated to viewers. With visuality, he tries to reach the deepest structures of human consciousness. Antonioni is a true artist-philosopher, trying to answer the fundamental question – is human life governed by coincidences?Michelangelo Anotnioni to włoski reżyser, którego obrazy pozostawiają widzów w stanie subtelnego zawieszenia. Jego filmy oscylują wokół egzystencjalnych zagadnień, którymi rządzi przede wszystkim przypadek, jak i neurotyzm, tak charakterystyczny dla całej jego twórczości. Wnikliwa obserwacja reżysera nie kończy się na tym, aby widzom zakomunikować jakąś decyzję czy ulotną zmianę. Stara się za pomocą wizualności dotrzeć do najgłębszych struktur świadomości człowieka. Antonioni to prawdziwy filozofujący artysta, próbujący odpowiedzieć na zasadnicze pytanie – czy ludzkim życiem rządzi przypadek?

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O patrzeniu z drugiej strony bytu oraz prymacie ducha, a więc o filozofii i byciu filozofem z profesorem Andrzejem Zalewskim, filozofem, filologiem polskim, filmoznawcą – rozmawia mgr Michał Płóciennik

Author(s): Michał Płóciennik,Andrzejem Zalewskim / Language(s): Polish Issue: 14/2017

Interview with Andrzej Zalewski by Michał Płóciennik

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Rolul soteriologic al clasei muncitoare în filosofia lui V.I. Lenin și reflectarea acestui rol în filmul „Greva”, de Serghei Eisenstein

Author(s): Costin-Cristian Chivu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2018

The following article focuses on the innovative nature of Leninism, understood as an ideology originating in Marxism and developed in opposition to its fundamental principles, both in itself and as reflected in the silent film “Strike”, directed by Sergei Eisenstein in 1924. Drawing on the contributions made in the field of Marxist/Communist studies by such authors as Stéphane Courtois or Antonio Gramsci, the article tries to uncover the common thread between the understanding of the role of the working class in Lenin (the working class seen as the messianic force of change) and the reflection of this understanding in Eisenstein’s debut film.

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,,Idiotul’’. O actualizare în cinematografie

Author(s): Andreea Bajenaru / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2017

The title suggests that the method used for the preparation of the essay is comparative analysis between a well-known literary work, „The Fool” written by Dostoievsky and a cinematic work launched quite recently, „The Fool” („Durak” in Russian) by Yuriy Bykov. The purpose of the analysis is to present in a measure more or less emphasized the prototype of the „christian hero” embodied by both of the protagonists, to emphasize the disagreements with which they inevitably struggle and to underline the importance of the role played by this type of character all over the age and society.

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Particularități și aspecte ale traducerii filmului ,,Apărătorul galactic’’ în limba română

Author(s): Alexandra-Ana Chiprian / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2022

This paper is a linguistic analysis on five linguistic levels, accompanied by a brief introduction into the world of visual effects and the „art of subtitling”. The main reason for choosing this theme is that 2021 was celebrated as the Year of the Cosmos in Russia, being the 60th anniversary of the first man (Yuri Gagarin) in space. However, my main motivation for tackling this topic was the fact that the only Romanian subtitles available online for this film contain many mistakes and inconsistencies. The aim of my paper is to demonstrate that subtitling is a very complex branch of translation, deserving of exploration.

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Images of the Body and Corporeality of Indigenous Australians at the Dawn of the 21st Century (Based on Bruce Chatwin’s Perspective and Selected Films)

Author(s): Jakub Żmidziński / Language(s): English Issue: 62/2023

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The research objective of this article is to examine what image of Indigenous Australians emerges from Bruce Chatwin’s well-known novel The Songlines (1987/2008) and selected films produced at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries also dealing with Australian Aboriginal culture. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The analysis of the literary and cinematic work will be carried out here from an anthropological and postcolonial perspective, and is also part of a broadly defined somapoetics. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: In the first part, the author focuses on the way female and male characters are portrayed. In the second part, he analyses more complex portraits, those of artists, hunters, ‘actors’ and strong personalities, before concluding with the theme of death. RESEARCH RESULTS: When analysed, Chatwin’s novel appears to be a text with many omissions, presenting a selective image, marked by the author’s ethnocentrism and his insufficiently insightful approach to cultural differences. Earlier films also fail to portray these in a credible way. Later films, however, not only deepen the understanding of historical and contemporary conditions, but also give the floor to representatives of this oldest culture in the world. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The conclusions of the analysis of the material studied encourage a more critical reading of Chatwin’s novel. They also point to films depicting Indigenous Australians in a way that is free of postcolonial context, their different sensibilities and corporeality.

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Landmark Events in the Lives of the Characters in the Film The Purim Miracle

Author(s): Agnieszka Krawczyk / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

In this article, I analyze the fate of the protagonists of the film The Purim Miracle. The purpose of the analysis is to reconstruct their fate and to show the transformations that took place in their lives. The article consists of two parts: theoretical and analytical. In the introduction, I present a historical outline of Purim, the most important holiday for Jewish people, called the Jewish carnival. In the theoretical part, I summarize the issues that relate to landmark events in human life. Then I explain the issues concerning biographical process structures as seen by Fritz Schütze. In the analytical part, I describe the fate of the protagonists of The Purim Miracle, namely the parents (Jan and Jadwiga) and their son (Henio). The process of discovering one’s origins is a watershed event for both the whole family and individual family members. It causes changes in their lives, which requires from them biographical work. The fate of the characters is interpreted in relation to the process structures distinguished by Fritz Schütze. The title of the film itself is symbolic, as it refers to the holiday during which the characters converted from Catholics to Jews. The biculturalism of the family is revealed not simultaneously, but linearly

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Wydarzenia przełomowe w życiu bohaterów filmu Cud purymowy

Author(s): Agnieszka Krawczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2023

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Produkcja filmowa a zachęty finansowe na tle polityki audiowizualnej

Author(s): Katarzyna Kopeć / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2023

Financial incentives for the film industry are a popular economic development strategy implemented by many countries and regions worldwide. One of the primary arguments for implementing this type of incentive is the creation of optimal conditions conducive to investments from external funds, which may create a multiplier effect, strengthening the local economy. In Poland, incentives for film production are introduced in the Act on financial support for audiovisual production of 9 November 2018 (Ustawa z dnia 9 listopada 2018 roku o finansowym wspieraniu produkcji audiowizualnej, Dz.U. 2019, poz. 50). The system provides a reimbursement equivalent to 30% of eligible expenses incurred in Poland for production costs (art. 14, Ustawa z dnia 9 listopada 2018 roku...; https://pisf.pl/zachety-informacje/; 2023, 9 listopada). The paper aims to explore the mechanism of financial incentives in audiovisual policy using film production in Poland as an example.

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Władze kinematografii i telewizji wobec problemów środowiska młodych filmowców na przełomie lat siedemdziesiątych i osiemdziesiątych

Author(s): Emil Sowiński / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2022

Among young filmmakers, the number of directors and cinematographers without a (full-time) job in their learned profession tripled in five years (from 1976 to 1981). As a result, nearly 120 young filmmakers were unemployed at the dawn of 1981, most of whom did not get the chance to make their film debut in an out-of-school setting either. Considering the number of directors and cinematographers who entered the profession in the preceding decades, it should be noted that the late 1970s and early 1980s were characterised by an oversupply of directors and cinematographers in relation to the number of vacancies and the production capacity of socialist cinematography (around thirty full-length live-action films were made annually). The author identifies the reasons for this state of affairs and reconstructs the process of solving these problems. It analyses both the activities of the cinematographic and television authorities towards the environment of young filmmakers and the Youth Circle of the Polish Filmmakers Association, whose initiatives provoked the state authorities to act. They resulted in the establishment, during the carnival of Solidarity, of the independent Karol Irzykowski Film Studio, which brought together filmmakers who had not made their debut yet. Its establishment proved to be a remedy to alleviate the financial plight of young filmmakers.

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Documentary Filmmaking as a Social Work Tool. How to Use It Properly?

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Documentary Filmmaking as a Social Work Tool. How to Use It Properly?

Author(s): Andrei TACHE-CODREANU / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2023

Documentary filmmaking as a social work tool can lead to great benefits for its protagonists, by triggering them a relief similar to the one experienced in psychotherapy. Moreover, their social case is able to reach a wide audience, contributing to raising public awareness that can improve the situation presented both for the main characters and their community. But the fact that a film will always have an audience that will transform it into a public spectacle could bring with it in some cases a set of dangers for its protagonists.

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Representations of Non-Being in David Lynch’s Eraserhead, Edmund Elias Merhige’s Begotten, and Darren Aronofsky’s Pi: A Comparative Analysis from Indian Philosophy Perspectives

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Representations of Non-Being in David Lynch’s Eraserhead, Edmund Elias Merhige’s Begotten, and Darren Aronofsky’s Pi: A Comparative Analysis from Indian Philosophy Perspectives

Author(s): Cristian Pașcalău / Language(s): English Issue: 41/2023

Cinema, as an artistic medium, has often explored profound existential questions and deeply inquired themes such as the relationship between Being and Non-Being. This study centers on three enigmatic films: Eraserhead, Begotten, and Pi, known for their surreal and contemplative nature. I investigate how these films convey representations of Non-Being and examine their potential ties to Indian philosophical perspectives on existence. The discussion will encompass various elements such as narrative, cinematography, symbolism, and motifs which contribute to the exploration of Non-Being. I explore common threads and distinct approaches to the theme, providing a broader understanding of how filmmakers use their art to grapple with existential questions. The analysis deals with the notions of reality, illusion, emptiness, and the interconnectedness of all existence. Exploring how these films offer unique insights into ontological themes and the nature of existence through a comparative approach, I aim to elucidate the filmmakers’ creative depictions of Non-Being and their potential connections to Eastern philosophical thought, either aligning with or challenging Indian philosophical perspectives (such as Advaita Vedanta, Buddhism, and Jainism) on the human experience and the nature of reality.

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Konference Pražské jaro 1968

Author(s): Lubomír Pána / Language(s): Czech Issue: 1/2008

Report on Conference “Pražské jaro 1968: Literatura - film – media”, held in Prague from 20th to 22nd of May 2008.

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Аспекти от влиянието на персийската литература върху иранското кино

Author(s): Lora Todorova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 2/2023

The article will specify the processes and specific forms of manifestations of Persian literature on Iranian cinema. The main highlights are related to the purposeful exposure of leading scholarly positions in the discourse on the relationship between Persian literature and Iranian cinema, in the contexts of their interaction and impact. The main discussion fields are related to the articulation of the collaboration of directors with writers and poets (on screenplays, adaptation of literary works, etc.), the use of Persian poetry in the form of dialogue in films, including the citation of famous masters of the Persian word such as Hafez, Rumi, Ferdowsi, Ahmad Shamlu and a number of others, the poetic vision of the world, mysticism and mystical love, the use of poetic means of symbolism, metaphors, as well as the characteristic multi-layered meaning. The main thesis is that at the basis of Iranian cinema, along with the Persian language, cultural, mythological, historical and religious traditions, literary traditions occupy their essential place.

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Journey to the East and national stereotypes. "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" as a depiction of contemporary social and cultural issues

Author(s): Ewa Górecka / Language(s): English Issue: 11/2023

The subject of this analysis is the image of a contemporary trip to the East and national stereotypes (Englishman, Indian) in the movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The image of the trip to India is analysed from the perspective of Bauman’s metaphors of postmodern life, in which the redefinition of identity is inscribed. The journey in Madden’s work is presented as an escapade somewhere between the expedition of a tourist and the wanderings of a vagabond, thus constituting a metaphor for the contemporary life of senile people originating from Western culture. The use of national stereotypes (auto-images, hetero-images) and the transformations taking place within them are reflected upon. It turns out that the image of the trip of the elderly English people to India combines comedic elements with reflections on the key phenomena of contemporary culture, such as a new form of life, the cult of experience characteristic of the West as a condition for the development of the individual, and the formation of a new stereotype of the journey and its participant.

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Niepotrzebni mogą zostać

Author(s): Damian Jankowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 693/2023

Nie ma żadnego centrum świata, bo to, co dla mnie jest światem, rozgrywa się przed moimi oczami. Na jego obraz składa się kilka tych samych zmęczonych twarzy i regularnie powtarzanych czynności. Nie muszę niczego zdobywać. Wystarczy, że będę.

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Complejidad de la traducción cultural. Identificación y clasificación de los elementos culturales en "Scene from the Movie GIANT"

Author(s): Rafael Cabañas Alamán / Language(s): Spanish Issue: 37/2023

The aim of this article is to provide a critical and refl exive outline of studies related to cultural translation, taking into consideration it’s complexity and showing relevant and precise examples from diff erent cultures. In the second part of this article we classify in detail the cultural elements that appear in the Spanish translation of the poetry book Scene from the Movie GIANT, by Tino Villanueva, based on the theory of Lucía Molina (2006).

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THE CONCEPTUALISATION OF PERSONABLE VILLAINY AND WINSOME KNAVES: ENTER ANAKIN SKYWALKER AND CORIOLANUS SNOW

Author(s): Emir Muhić / Language(s): English Issue: 28/2023

The multifaceted human personality apparatus tirelessly and somewhat incessantly keeps on giving rise to both surprising and equally dishearteningly bland revelations as regards to how the idiosyncratic denizens of this blue-hued marble encode and decipher various cultural phenomena. This is particularly pertinent in view of the relentless endeavours to peel off the deeper layers of the pseudo-proverbial human cognitive onion. It would doubtless come across as supremely hauteur-suffused should a paper harbour a latent claim to fame in terms of comprehensiveness and immaculate insight into what appears to be nothing short of a rabbit hole-like bottomless pit of hopeless scholarly efforts at inching ever so slightly more towards the neighbourhood of the metanarrative fount of all creativity and meaning. Therefore, the succeeding pages shall do away with that specific delusion and attempt to labour under merely one and relatively monotonous question: how do we go about explaining the impulse to root for the prototypical villain instead of bowing to the infinitely promulgated notion of archetypal goodness?The conception of strength and weakness is attached to the discussion in order to substantiate the propositional mosaic herein stipulated. Bearing this in mind, a greater degree of free expression no longer obtains for our generation unless attained by dint of explicit, yet veiled of norm-dictated defiance.This inflexibility dovetails neatly with the first assertion at the outset in the hope of shedding off a shroud of superfluous duplicity so successfully inculcated that it now, perhaps, gives the reader pause to learn that human cognition is deeply convoluted, leaning dangerously to the dark side of the mind and conceptualisation. Claims that linguistic adepts favour the through line of goodness over evil are handily belied, which, in itself, is not a bad thing necessarily. It might even be daring to think it a liberating and healing modicum of catharsis.

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Evaluating the Impact of Interactive Cinema in Audiovisual Literacy and Education: An Eye-Tracking Study

Author(s): Giorgos Dimitriadis,Katerina Gouleti,Michalis Kokonis / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

The present paper explores the use of interactive cinema in education from the perspective of young students’ responsiveness. With the use of an eye-tracker, gaze data was collected from students aged between 10-13 years who watched a short film extract, enhanced with a number of interactive elements or “hotspots” that appeared during playback. During the experiment, the eye-tracker collected data on the behavioral patterns of student participants with regard to their willingness to access the interactive elements on screen, the time they devoted to reading them, possible optimal positions of those elements, etc., also studied in relation to demographic information concerning age group, area of living, and gender of the participants. The aim of the experiment was to assess students’ responses in the context of exploring the prospects for using interactive cinema in education in order to teach elements of audiovisual literacy as well as any other cross-curricular content.

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