Four Film Histories with the City in the Background. On the Berlin Face of Transformation in German Cinema
Ewa Fiuk
ewa.fiuk@tlen.plInstitute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9908-8510
Abstract
Fiuk refers to the political transformation of 1989 and 1990 in Germany and looks at it through the prism of the film image of Berlin, both in chronological order (period before, during and after transformation), as well as aesthetic and creative aspect (personal style of authors, their affiliation, origin). Among the many films devoted to Berlin, she selects four, which – in her opinion – clearly and in an interesting way reflect the atmosphere accompanying the transformation, its course or consequences, and testify to the specific and diverse character of the city, which is the place of action, and the changes that have occurred in it since the Cold War period to this day, including changes in its media image. The productions to which the author refers are: Coming out (1989, dir. Heiner Carow), Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin, 1987, dir. Wim Wenders), Good bye, Lenin! (2003, dir. Wolfgang Becker) and Oh, Boy! (2012, dir. Jan-Ole Gerster).
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Ewa Fiukewa.fiuk@tlen.pl
Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9908-8510
Doktor filmoznawstwa, autorka książek Inicjacje, tożsamość, pamięć. Kino niemieckie na przełomie wieków (2012) oraz Obrazo-światy, dźwięko-przestrzenie. Kino Toma Tykwera (2016), jak również licznych artykułów dotyczących filmu i kina (publikowała m.in. w „Kulturze Popularnej”, „Kwartalniku Filmowym”, „Kinie” oraz wielokrotnie w tomach zbiorowych). Autorka przekładów z języka niemieckiego i polskiego. Zainteresowania naukowe: film niemiecki i europejski, antropologia filmu, analiza filmu. Obecnie przygotowuje kolejną autorską publikację dotyczącą kina transnarodowego, postkolonialnego, podejmującego temat (post)migracji.
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