Iluminace, 1994 (vol. 6), issue 3

From "evolution" and "primitives" to "loss" and "early film"

Milan Klepikov

Iluminace 1994, 6(3):97-100  

Review of the first two volumes of the new KINtop anthology series focusing on early film.

Articles

Vampires. A mechanical ballet with two interludes

Petr Málek

Iluminace 1994, 6(3):5-29  

An analysis of the vampire myth focusing on a comparison between Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's film Nosferatu (1921) and Werner Herzog's film Nosferatu the Phantom of the Night (1978).

The beginnings of a new aesthetic. Reflections on one film dramaturgy

Robert Musil

Iluminace 1994, 6(3):31-42  

A classic essay by Austrian writer Robert Musil on film as an art form, first published in Der Neue Merkur magazine in 1925.

Alicja Helman: film as code integration

Petr Mareš

Iluminace 1994, 6(3):43-44  

Introduction to a study by the prominent Polish film theorist Alicja Helman.

The symbolic function of music and speech in film communication

Alicja Helman

Iluminace 1994, 6(3):45-64  

A study of film semiotics focusing on the role of music and the function of speech.

Editions and Materials

Film, State, and Politics: German Film Propaganda until 1945

Pavel Zeman

Iluminace 1994, 6(3):65-77  

A study on the development of film propaganda in Germany from World War I to World War II.

Letter from General Ludendorff to the Royal War Ministry

Erich Ludendorff

Iluminace 1994, 6(3):79-80  

A memorable letter from General Ludendorff to the War Ministry in Berlin from July 1917, drawing attention to the propaganda potential of the film medium and demanding the start of systematic production of propaganda films.

Seven film theses

Joseph Goebbels

Iluminace 1994, 6(3):81-82  

Goebbels' 1935 interpretation of the possibilities and tasks of film.

Speech at the First Congress of the Reich Film Chamber

Joseph Goebbels

Iluminace 1994, 6(3):83-92  

Goebbels' speech from 1937 on the situation and tasks of German cinema.

Questions and problems of the German newsreels during the warI

Fritz Hippler

Iluminace 1994, 6(3):93-96  

On the influence of newsreels during World War II.