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The Political Films of Andrzej Wajda
Dialogism in Man of Marble, Man of Iron, and Danton
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Book Presentation:
Andrzej Wajda is considered one of Poland's - many would say the world's - greatest film directors. During the thirty-five years of his activity in film, theatre or television, his work, whether strong or weak, always arouses strong emotions and provokes intense debates in the media. His films deal with historical and political issues concerning Polish character and the nature of political power. Controversial, painful, stimulating and cinematically beautiful, they never fail to fully engage the spectator. This is particularly true for his major political films, which form the basis of the study. Applying Bakhtin's concept of dialogism, the author shows how a creative interaction between the image on the screen and the viewer is established through Wajda's films. At the same time, she offers a detailed analysis of the historical events leading up to the collapse of the Socialist system in Poland.
About the Author:
Janina Falkowska is Professor in the Film Studies Department at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, specializing in East-Central European and Western European cinemas. Her publications include Andrzej Wajda: History, Politics And Nostalgia in Polish Cinema (Berghahn Books 2007), National Cinemas in Postwar East-Central Europe (ed.), and, co-authored with Marek Haltof, The New Polish Cinema (Flicks Books 2003).
Press Reviews:
In a single, clearly written monograph, Janina Falkowska manages both to illuminate many critical aspects of the construction and reception of Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajdas later political cinema and to provide an impressive model of the application of Mikhail Bakhjtins(and Valentin Voloshinovs) concepts of dialogism to film criticism. The book is accessible to and ought to be appreciated by a broad spectrum of readers-from those interested in Polish film and the interaction between politics and culture in formerly communist eastern Europe to those attracted by questions involving film structure and reception theory. -- Slavic Review
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