Iluminace, 2003 (vol. 15), issue 1

Articles

Intensified Continuity. Visual Style in Contemporary American Film

David Bordwell

Iluminace 2003, 15(1):5-28  

An analysis of the visual production of American films of the last 40 years in terms of the use of artistic means of expression and comparison with earlier film production.

Cinema Europe Project

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Iluminace 2003, 15(1):29-30  

An introduction to the following articles, which were produced as part of the University of Amsterdam's Cinema Europe project. The project deals with issues related to the relationship between European and American cinema, both from an artistic and economic point of view, their interconnections and influences.

Reappearance of Europe. A Historical Overview of the Film Festival Phenomenon

Marijke de Valck

Iluminace 2003, 15(1):31-51  

The study focuses on the role of the concept of Europe in the history and present of international film festivals. The study is part of the University of Amsterdam's research project Cinema Europe, 1929-1999.

Global Cities and the International Film Festival Economy

Julian Stringer

Iluminace 2003, 15(1):53-62  

A major contribution to the research on the cultural role of festivals, which complements Marijke de Valek's previous text within the Cinema Europe project, provides an overview of the history of the first film festivals. A closer look at the Venice, Cannes and Karlovy Vary IFFs. The influence of the political situation on the course, programming and awards. Festivals as a place of commerce.

Inner Voice. Jeanne Moreau and Miles Davi's Trumpets in "The Elevator to the Place of Execution" (or, How to exist for the one not present...)

Jiří Cieslar

Iluminace 2003, 15(1):63-86  

An analysis of the 1958 French thriller Elevator to the Gallows as a classic representative of the "film noir" genre in terms of three forms of internal cinematic language, character monologues, and Miles Davis' distinctive trumpet score.

Editions and Materials

Unrealized Screenplay by Vojtěch Jasný

Jiří Voráč

Iluminace 2003, 15(1):103-113  

The introduction to Vojtěch Jasný's literary screenplay Kominíček a korouhvičky presents the history of the screenplay.

Little Chimny-sweep and Bannerettes. Comedy, Tragedy, Musical and Film Ballet (Treatment, 2nd version, October - November 1970)

Vojtěch Jasný

Iluminace 2003, 15(1):115-146  

The full text of Vojtěch Jasný's unrealised literary screenplay Kominíček a korouhvičky from 1970. The previous version of the theme with flying characters was called Kominík a korohvíčky (The Chimney Sweep and the Weathervanes).

Interviews

Imagination and Mental States in Spectator's Understanding of Film Fiction. An Interview with Gregory Currie

Gregory Currie

Iluminace 2003, 15(1):87-101  

An interview with a leading British philosopher focusing on issues of language, art, narrative in literature and film, psychopathology and imagination.

Horizon

What American Films Know About the Theory? (T. Elsaesser - W. Buckland: Studying Contemporary American Film)

Pavel Skopal

Iluminace 2003, 15(1):155-158  

Review of Studying Contemporary American Film.

Double-view

Desire for Freedom, A Love Illusion, and the Myth of an old Films

Mária Ferenčuhová

Iluminace 2003, 15(1):147-149  

Review and analysis of Julien Duvivier's Pépé le Moko.

Labyrinth of Light

Helena Bendová

Iluminace 2003, 15(1):151-153  

Review and analysis of Julien Duvivier's Pépé le Moko.