Charles Ford, Robert Hammond

Polish Film

A Twentieth Century History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

When the Lumiere brothers introduced the motion picture in 1895, Poland was a divided and suffering nation--yet Polish artists found their way into the new world of cinema. Boleslaw Matuszewski created his first documentary films in 1896, and Poland's first movie house was established in 1908. Despite war and repression, Polish cinema continued to grow and to reach for artistic heights. The twentieth century closed with new challenges, but a new generation of Polish filmmakers stood ready to meet them. Here is a complete history of the Polish cinema through the end of the twentieth century, with special attention to political and economic contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9780786446773
• ISBN-10: 0786446773
• Artikelnr.: 26572654

Autorenporträt

Author and film historian Charles Ford lived in Poland and France and taught film history in France, Canada, and Spain. He died in Paris in 1989.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction     
I. The Silent
1. Filmmakers Without a Country     
2. Theories and Experiments     
3. Poland on the World Scene, 1920-1930     
II. Poland Speaks: Sound Films, 1930-1940
4. Adjustment to Sound     
5. Films and Their Makers     
III. World War II and the Postwar Years
6. The War     
7. New Times, New Ideas     
8. Postwar Directors     
IV. Renaissance
9. The Backdrop, 1968-1980     
10. Unfulfilled Promises     
11. Three Directors of Note     
12. The Comet and the Sun     
13. Totalitarian Nightmare, 1981-1985     
14. Cut! Dissolve to Fade-Out     
Filmography by Grazyna Kudy     
Appendix 1:Notes on Title Translations     
Appendix 2: The Albany Catalogue: Polish Films Passed Through the New York
State Department of Education, 1921-1965     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index