In Search of Meaning
Abstract
A book review of Iwona Sowińska’s Chopin idzie do kina [Chopin Goes to the Cinema] (2013). The reviewer considers the book to be exceptionally original and new in the context of Polish and foreign publications on Chopin. Helman presents the structure of the book, analyses the research methods Sowińska adopts in order to deal with the vast research material available, and points to the most interesting discoveries of the author regarding film biographies of Chopin, and the way his music functions in film. In conclusion the reviewer notes that the book is a fully original, insightful and fascinating scientific monograph.
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Iwona Sowińska, Frédéric Chopin, film musicReferences
Sowińska, Iwona. 2013. Chopin idzie do kina. Kraków: Towarzystwo Autorów i Wydawców Prac Naukowych Universitas.
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Alicja Helmankwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Jagiellonian University Poland
Historyk i teoretyk filmu, emerytowany profesor Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Prowadzi badania w zakresie teorii filmu i komparatystyki. W dorobku naukowym ma ponad 20 książek autorskich, m.in.: O dziele filmowym (1970, 1981), Film faktów i film fikcji (1977), Przedmiot i metody filmoznawstwa (1985), Słownik pojęć filmowych (1991-1998), Historia semiotyki filmu, t. 1-2 (1992-1993), Twórcza zdrada. Filmowe adaptacje literatury (1998), Urok zmierzchu. Filmy Luchina Viscontiego (2002), Ten smutek hiszpański. Konteksty twórczości filmowej Carlosa Saury (2005), Odcienie czerwieni. Twórczość filmowa Zhanga Yimou (2010), Ścieżkami utraconego czasu. Twórczość filmowa Chena Kaige (2012).
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