Cinema and Disillusion
Paweł Biliński
powetbiliziki@wp.plUniversity of Gdańsk (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4724-4542
Abstract
The article is a review of Adrianna Woroch’s book To tylko sztuczka. O samoświadomości kina i technikach deziluzyjnych we współczesnych filmach [It’s Just a Trick: On Cinematic Self-Awareness and Disillusive Techniques in Contemporary Films] (2022), which extensively discusses various reflexive techniques employed by filmmakers over the past forty years. The author addresses the structure of the work, the theory presented by Woroch and her methodology, and situates the book in the context of other works focused on the idea of cinematic self-reflexivity.
Keywords:
reflexivity, disillusionment, postmodernism, cognitive film theoryReferences
Przylipiak, M. (2016). Kino stylu zerowego. Dwadzieścia lat później. Sopot: Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne.
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Woroch, A. (2022). To tylko sztuczka. O samoświadomości kina i technikach deziluzyjnych we współczesnych filmach. Kraków: Universitas.
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Authors
Paweł Bilińskipowetbiliziki@wp.pl
University of Gdańsk Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4724-4542
Assistant Professor at the Film and Media Department at the University of Gdańsk. Author of the book on reflexivity in Polish cinema Kinematograf o sobie. Autotematyzm w polskim filmie fabularnym [The Cinematograph about Itself: Self-Reflexivity in Polish Feature Film] (2021). In 2012-2019, he was responsible for film education at Klub Żak cultural centre. He was one of the founders and editors of the YouTube channel Amatorzy TV. He is a regular collaborator of Ekrany magazine. He co-edited the book Orson Welles. Twórczość – recepcja – dziedzictwo [Orson Welles: Creativity – Reception – Heritage] (2016). His essays and articles appeared, e.g., in Kwartalnik Filmowy, Studia Filmoznawcze, Bliza, Lampa, Panoptikum, EdukacjaFilmowa.pl, and in edited volumes.
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