Od Fantazji do Gumballa – estetyka filmu animowanego

The paper attempts to answer, what was the animation in the past and what it is today. According to the author animated film stands out a special references with the physical reality, a creativity and a syncretism. She describes two trends in animated film: the art animation and the popular animation and she analyzes two examples meeting this trends: Walt Disney’s Fantasia and contemporary TV series such as The Amazing World of Gumball.Artykuł stanowi próbę odpowiedzi na pytanie, czym była animacja niegdyś i czym jest dziś. Na podstawie refleksji filmoznawców i twórców autorka formułuje definicję filmu animowanego, wskazując na ograniczenie referencjalności, fikcjonalność i charakter synkretyczny jako główne wyróżniki filmu animowanego. Przywołuje dwa nurty działalności twórców animacji: film artystyczny i film masowy, popularny oraz omawia dwa przykłady ich krzyżowania się: słynną Disneyowską Fantazję oraz wybrane współczesne seriale dla dzieci

Filmowa archeologia Macieja Drygasa

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In Serach of the Form. Images of the Holocaust in student films of the Polish National Film School

In Serach of the Form. Images of the Holocaust in student films of the Polish National Film School The article In Search of the Form is a contribution to the research on school films about Holocaust. The author analyzed over 20 short films produced in the National Film School in Lodz in 1948–2010. In great part these films reflect the general trend from the professional cinema of the same period. However young filmmakers appear to be more daring as far form of the films is concerned. Their films are aesthetically original, ofthe refer to genre cinema and combine different genres. The article In Search of the Form is a contribution to the research on school films about Holocaust. The author analyzed over 20 short films produced in the National Film School in Lodz in 1948–2010. In great part these films reflect the general trend from the professional cinema of the same period. However young filmmakers appear to be more daring as far form of the films is concerned. Their films are aesthetically original, ofthe refer to genre cinema and combine different genres

Uwagi o dramaturgii filmu dokumentalnego

 Comments on the Dramaturgy of DocumentariesThe paper aims at analyzing the relationship between dramaturgy in documentary film and fiction film as a form of storytelling governed by similar rules. The author tries to answer questions about the methods used to shape the material in documentary films. She presents an analysis of two Polish documentaries: Siberian Lesson and Argentinean Lesson by Wojciech Staroń. The structures of both works are based on the theme of the journey. These films represent a type of drama resulting from real-life events, close Kracauer’s theory of “the found story” and Kieślowski’s “dramaturgy of reality”. They also implement the basic assumptions of the paradigm (of the mythic structures) described by Joseph Campbell and Christopher Vogler typical of fiction films. Comments on the Dramaturgy of DocumentariesThe paper aims at analyzing the relationship between dramaturgy in documentary film and fiction film as a form of storytelling governed by similar rules. The author tries to answer questions about the methods used to shape the material in documentary films. She presents an analysis of two Polish documentaries: Siberian Lesson and Argentinean Lesson by Wojciech Staroń. The structures of both works are based on the theme of the journey. These films represent a type of drama resulting from real-life events, close Kracauer’s theory of “the found story” and Kieślowski’s “dramaturgy of reality”. They also implement the basic assumptions of the paradigm (of the mythic structures) described by Joseph Campbell and Christopher Vogler typical of fiction films

Dokumentalny świat Andrzeja Wajdy

The article introduces a relatively unknown aspect of Andrzej Wajda’s output – his documentary films. The author examines documentaries on art and autobiographical film, which usually comprise glosses on feature films. These non-fiction films, like Wajda's best-known movies, refer to the codes of Polish culture, created by art and literature, and thanks to which the creative output of the maker of Afterimage (Powidoki) appears to unusually coherent and consistent, regardless of the genealogical classification. The author selects examples to analyse the connections between Wajda’s feature films and the conventions of the documentary. Wajda’s overriding aim in using the poetics of documentary is in each case to undertake mise-en-abîme reflections.The article introduces a relatively unknown aspect of Andrzej Wajda’s output – his documentary films. The author examines documentaries on art and autobiographical film, which usually comprise glosses on feature films. These non-fiction films, like Wajda's best-known movies, refer to the codes of Polish culture, created by art and literature, and thanks to which the creative output of the maker of Afterimage (Powidoki) appears to unusually coherent and consistent, regardless of the genealogical classification. The author selects examples to analyse the connections between Wajda’s feature films and the conventions of the documentary. Wajda’s overriding aim in using the poetics of documentary is in each case to undertake mise-en-abîme reflections

Representation of poverty in Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian documentary films of the post-communist period

This article examines the representation of poor families in three documentary films from the Baltic region, produced after the fall of state socialism: Ewa Borzęcka's 13 or Trzynastka/Thirteen (1996, Poland), Marat Sargsyan's Tėvas/Father (2012, Lithuania) and Andris Gauja's Ģimenes lietas/Family Instinct (2010, Latvia). Each film does so by focusing on a family which does not fit the dominant notion of a normal family and instead comes across as a ‘pathological’ family. Our argument is that by foregrounding such a connection the filmmakers play down the state's responsibility for ensuring a decent standard of living for all citizens

“I Imagine or Remember…”: Narrative Strategies of a Historical Document Based on the Example of Natalia Koryncka-Gruz’s Film “A Minor Genocide”

Artykuł stanowi pogłębioną, kontekstową analizę filmu Natalii Korynckiej-Gruz Mała Zagłada. Autorka koncentruje się na jego strukturze narracyjnej, w której dokumentalistka próbowała oddać charakter pracy pamięci i postpamięci. Film jest dokumentalną adaptacją (auto)biograficznego eseju Anny Janko. Złożoność narracyjna tekstu literackiego znajduje odbicie w wersji filmowej, która przyjmuje kształt palimpsestu. Na jego poszczególne warstwy składa się narracja słowna trzech pokoleń kobiet, sekwencje zrealizowane współcześnie, archiwalne fotografie i zróżnicowane stylistycznie sekwencje animowane. Na pamięć traumatycznych doświadczeń nakłada się wyobrażenie o nich. Mała Zagłada jest dla autorki przykładem ponownego zbliżenia polskiego filmu dokumentalnego i literatury oraz nowej formuły dokumentu historycznego.The article is an in-depth, contextual analysis of Natalia Koryncka-Gruz’s film A Minor Genocide. The author focuses on its narrative structure, in which the documentarian tried to reflect the nature of the work of memory and post-memory. The film is a documentary adaptation of Anna Janko’s (auto)biographical essay. The narrative complexity of the literary text is reflected in the film version, which takes the shape of a palimpsest. Its individual layers consist of verbal narratives from three generations of women, contemporary sequences, archival photographs and stylistically diverse animated sequences. The memory of traumatic experiences is superimposed on the idea of them. For the author, A Minor Genocide is an example of bringing Polish documentary film and literature closer together, as well as a new formula of a historical document

From Fantasia to Gumball – the Aesthetics of the Animated Film

Artykuł stanowi próbę odpowiedzi na pytanie, czym była animacja niegdyś i czym jest dziś. Na podstawie refleksji filmoznawców i twórców autorka formułuje definicję filmu animowanego, wskazując na ograniczenie referencjalności, fikcjonalność i charakter synkretyczny jako główne wyróżniki filmu animowanego. Przywołuje dwa nurty działalności twórców animacji: film artystyczny i film masowy, popularny oraz omawia dwa przykłady ich krzyżowania się: słynną Disneyowską Fantazję oraz wybrane współczesne seriale dla dzieci.The paper attempts to answer, what was the animation in the past and what it is today. According to the author animated film stands out a special references with the physical reality, a creativity and a syncretism. She describes two trends in animated film: the art animation and the popular animation and she analyzes two examples meeting this trends: Walt Disney’s Fantasia and contemporary TV series such as The Amazing World of Gumball

Kreowanie przeszłości — literackie i filmowe światy Andrzeja Barta

CREATING THE PAST — ANDRZEJ BART’S LITERARY AND FILM WORLDSThe article concerns the creative works of Andrzej Bart who is primarily known in Poland as a writer, the author of The Flypaper Factory and winner of the “Nike” Literary Award. However, he is also a screenwriter and a director of documentary films, television dramas and radio-plays. The author of this article looks at the relationship between the various areas of Bart’s artistic activity. She tracks the flow of plots and characters, follows references and self-quotations as well as formal relations between Bart’s works. She also takes into consideration the intermediality of his works.Translated by Daniel PolsbyCREATING THE PAST — ANDRZEJ BART’S LITERARY AND FILM WORLDSThe article concerns the creative works of Andrzej Bart who is primarily known in Poland as a writer, the author of The Flypaper Factory and winner of the “Nike” Literary Award. However, he is also a screenwriter and a director of documentary films, television dramas and radio-plays. The author of this article looks at the relationship between the various areas of Bart’s artistic activity. She tracks the flow of plots and characters, follows references and self-quotations as well as formal relations between Bart’s works. She also takes into consideration the intermediality of his works.Translated by Daniel Polsb

Artysta w l'univers concentractionaire. "Kornblumenblau" Leszka Wosiewicza jako traktat o sztuce

The author of the essay considers Leszek Wosiewicz’s Kornblumenblau as a film about art and focuses on the self reflexive elements present in the film, particularly those referring to film conventions. This analysis examines the film in the context of the reflections about the meaning of art in totalitarian systems and situation of the artist in the reality of the concentration camp. Kornblumenblau depicts degenerated art as depriving of freedom and rescue, becoming another tool of oppression. Dehumanizing power of this art points at the final decay of man in the epoch of gas chambers.The Artist In L’univers Concentrationnaire. Leszek Wosiewicz’s “Kornblumenblau” As a Treaty About ArtThe author of the essay considers Leszek Wosiewicz’s Kornblumenblau as a film about art and focuses on the self reflexive elements present in the film, particularly those referring to film conventions. This analysis examines the film in the context of the reflections about the meaning of art in totalitarian systems and situation of the artist in the reality of the concentration camp. Kornblumenblau depicts degenerated art as depriving of freedom and rescue, becoming another tool of oppression. Dehumanizing power of this art points at the final decay of man in the epoch of gas chambers