About Modernism of Exhaustion
Marcin Adamczak
m_adamczak80@wp.plAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5540-6719
Abstract
The text is a review of Miłosz Stelmach’s book Przeczucie końca. Modernizm, późność i polskie kino [Consciousness of the End: Modernism, Lateness and Polish Cinema] (2020). The review starts with the description of the structure of the book, where part one presents research about modernism in cinema, and part two offers a rich historical analysis of late modernism phase in Polish cinema of 1970s and 1980s. The review underlines the book’s focus not only on textual analysis, but also on institutional frameworks of late modern cinema. One of the most original sections of the book is the investigation of centre and periphery inequality in the global distribution of prestige and symbolic capital via festival networks. Stelmach also skilfully applies Deleuzian and Derridian (hauntology) concepts to the realm of Polish cinema. The book is a brilliant proposal to refresh the conceptual framework of discussion about Polish cinema of late 20th century.
Keywords:
late modernism, modernist cinema, institutions of cinema, film theoryReferences
Stelmach, M. (2020). Przeczucie końca. Modernizm, późność i polskie kino. Toruń: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika.
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Marcin Adamczakm_adamczak80@wp.pl
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5540-6719
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Anthropology and Cultural Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. Visiting scholar at Lodz Film School and the University of Gdańsk. Co-founder of distribution company Velvet Spoon. Author of books: Globalne Hollywood, filmowa Europa i polskie kino po 1989 roku [Global Hollywood, European Cinema and Polish Film After 1989] (2010), Obok ekranu. Perspektywa badań produkcyjnych a społeczne istnienie filmu [Besides the Screen: Production Studies Perspective and Social Dimensions of Film] (2014) and Kapitały przemysłu filmowego: Hollywood, Europa, Chiny [Capitals of Film Industry: Hollywood, Europe and China] (2019).
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