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Polish Cinema Now!
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Polish cinema has exercised an independent voice for more than 20 years, challenging political censorship and breaking the old production monopoly of the previous communist government. During this time, Polish movie makers have enjoyed the same freedoms and possibilities as their French or German counterparts, producing 500 feature films and several thousand documentaries. These works are paradoxically less well known internationally than the Polish films made behind the "iron curtain"--when cultural exchange with the western world was controlled exclusively by communist authorities. Polish Cinema Now facilitates the discovery of this relatively unknown group of works with 11 engaging essays by leading experts from both Poland and abroad. Richly illustrated, this book contains a two-DVD set of short films.
About the Author:
Mateusz Werner lectures at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw. He is editor of the journal Kronos; author of Wobec nihilizmu: Gombrowicz, Witkacy; and co-creator and host of the Polish public television programs The Picture Show and Half-Seriously.
See the publisher website: John Libbey Publishing
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