From Near and Far
Piotr Pławuszewski
kapral.klegg@gmail.comAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1091-7010
Abstract
Michał Piepiórka’s book Rockefellerowie i Marks nad Warszawa. Polskie filmy fabularne wobec transformacji gospodarczej [The Rockefellers and Marx over Warsaw: Polish Feature Films Vis-a-vis the Economic Transformation] (2019) is reviewed as an inspiring and competent attempt to investigate how domestic feature movies (from the period of 1989 to 2013) reflected Polish reality after 1989 (i.e. the time of political transformation). The reviewer presents Piepiórka’s methodological premises, specifies his adequately restricted thematic interests (which revolve around economic issues) and offers some bibliographic suggestions. Piepiórka’s decision to abandon the aesthetic evaluation of the movies (in favour of a rigorous interpretation of all works that seem relevant for his research task) is considered as one of the most important merits of his book.
Keywords:
transformation, economics, capitalism, free market, Polish feature filmReferences
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Piotr Pławuszewskikapral.klegg@gmail.com
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1091-7010
He holds a PhD degree and works in the Institute of Film, Media and Audiovisual Arts at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. His academic interests revolve mostly around the documentary film and the history of Polish cinema. He is the author of the monograph Po swojemu. Kino Władysława Ślesickiego [One’s Own Way: Władysław Ślesicki and His Body of Work] (2017), co-editor of Pogranicza dokumentu [Borders of Documentary Film] (2012) and the monographic issue of Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication (2018, vol. XXIV): Kieślowski Revisited (and Re-watched). His articles and essays were published in Kwartalnik Filmowy, Images, Ekrany, Kino, Film & TV Kamera.
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