Initiation and Death: Nicolas Roeg’s Obsessions
Abstract
Taszycka introduces us to the filmmaking of the British director, its typical storylines and themes, concentrating on an analysis of two films: Walkabout and Don’t Look Now. By selecting the films whose focus is on the critical situations, like initiation and death, Taszycka examines the cinematic world of Roeg and its ambivalence that is present at various levels. Ambivalence is the most adequate word to describe his works. Drawing on the opinions of other film critics and on her own inquiry, Taszycka says that strategic disorientation (the term used by Andrzej Zalewski within the context of post-modernist cinema) is Roeg’s directing method, which puts him in the ranks of directors whose work preceded postmodernist cinema.
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Nicolas Roeg, ambivalence, Andrzej Zalewski, postmodernismReferences
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Anna Taszyckakwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Jagiellonian University Poland
Doktorantka w Instytucie Sztuk Audiowizualnych UJ. Interesuje się kulturą popularną, postmodernizmem i badaniami nad kulturową różnicą płci. Obecnie pracuje nad rozprawą doktorską pt. Ponowoczesny kryzys tożsamości bohatera w kinie amerykańskim.
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