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Polish Cinema Today: A Bold New Era in Film

Polish Cinema Today: A Bold New Era in Film

Holmgren, Beth
Goscilo, Helena

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Film StudiesGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesRussian History

ISBN10: 1793641676
ISBN13: 9781793641670
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Jan 31 2023
Pages: 382
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.79 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

A 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title
Structured according to key themes, Polish Cinema Today analyzes the remarkable innovations in Polish cinema emerging a decade after the 1989 dissolution of the Soviet bloc, once its film industry had evolved from a socialist state enterprise into a much more accessible system of film production, with growing expertise in distribution and marketing. By the early 2000s, an impressive, diverse cohort of filmmakers broke through the gridlock of a small set of esteemed, aging auteurs as well as the glut of imported Hollywood blockbusters, empowered by the digital revolution and domestic audience appetite for independent work. Polish directors today challenge sacrosanct bromides about national and gender identity, Poland's historical martyrdom, the status of the influential Catholic Church, and the benevolent family, while investigating the phenomena of migration and sexuality in their full complexity. Each thematic chapter places these recent films within a historical/cultural context nationally and transnationally, and designs its analyses of specific works to engage general audiences of film scholars, students, and cinephiles.

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