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Title: Polish Postcommunist Cinema

Polish Postcommunist Cinema

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by Ewa Mazierska (Author)
©2007 Monographs 302 Pages
The Arts
Series: New Studies in European Cinema, Volume 4

Summary

This book covers the history of Polish cinema from 1989 up to the present in a broad political and cultural context, looking at both the film industry and film artistry. It considers the main ideas behind the institutional changes in the Polish film industry after the collapse of communism and assesses how these ideas were implemented. In discussing artistry, the focus is on the genres which dominated the Polish cinematic landscape after 1989 and the most important directors.

Details

Pages
302
Publication Year
2007
ISBN (Softcover)
9783039105298
Language
English
Keywords
Polen Film Geschichte 1989-2006 Cinema Cultural context Communism Artistry Director
Published
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2007. 302 pp.

Biographical notes

Ewa Mazierska (Author)

The Author: Ewa Mazierska studied philosophy at Warsaw University and did her Ph.D. in Łódz University and is Reader in Contemporary Cinema, Department of Humanities, University of Central Lancashire. Her publications include Women in Polish Cinema (2006), Dreams and Diaries: The Cinema of Nanni Moretti (2004) and From Moscow to Madrid: Postmodern Cities, European Cinema (2003) (the last two co-authored with Laura Rascaroli). She also co-edited Relocating Britishness (2004).

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