Iluminace, 2006 (vol. 18), issue 1
Articles
Hollywood Legend
Leo Calvin Rosten
Iluminace 2006, 18(1):5-24 
The opening chapter of a sociological study of the Hollywood film environment, the film industry and the Hollywood way of life. Discusses issues of values and practical life, as well as information on the personality profiles of producers, directors, writers and actors. The analysis is based on the evaluation of data from 12,000 questionnaires, processed over 3 years. The respondents were 4200 film workers, filmmakers and artists. The data cover the years 1937-1940.
"Temporary American Citizens": Cultural Anxieties and Industrial Strategies in the Americanisation of European Cinema
Richard Maltby, Ruth Vasey
Iluminace 2006, 18(1):25-43
An excerpt from a study that examines the American film industry's efforts to dominate European national cinemas in the 1920s and 1930s, concerns about the suppression of indigenous national cultures, issues of morality and cultural identity, and offers a context in which to situate the problems of the struggle between cinematic America and Europe. The second part of the study focuses on the transition to sound and explores the specific problems posed by synchronized dialogue and spoken language at the time.
Within the Law (of Hollywood). Gustav Machatý "in Services" of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Jiří Horníček
Iluminace 2006, 18(1):45-58
An analysis of Gustav Machatý's work during his second stay in the USA after 1936, focusing on the reconstruction of the making of the film Within the Law. The study is based on internal correspondence between MGM studio management and representatives of the Hays Censorship Office.
Germanized Hollywood in Prague. The Reception of the "German versions" and Popularity of Foreign Films in Prague Theatres in the Early 1930s
Petr Szczepanik
Iluminace 2006, 18(1):59-84
The study examines the release and reception of foreign films on the Czechoslovak market during the early sound cinema era, with an emphasis on the so-called "German versions" of mostly American films, and uses the example of German and American productions to show their relative popularity with respect to their cultural attributes. The German versions, shown in Prague cinemas between 1929 and 1934, were seen as a threat to the dominance of the Czech language in the public sphere and in future Czechoslovak cinema.
Aesthetics of Disinfection. Film, Sport and Hygiene in Czech Culture during the 1920s
Lucie Česálková
Iluminace 2006, 18(1):85-98
The study deals with the issues of the understanding of sport, physical education, health science and personal hygiene in Czech culture after 1920. In the field of film production, apart from films about hygiene, healing, health facilities and healthy nutrition, films about being in nature, such as scout and sokol films, as well as all kinds of sports, and also American slapstick films, the essence of which was derived from movement skills (chasing, climbing, jumping and falling), corresponded to the requirements derived from sport. The importance of actors' movement backgrounds for their application in film. Specific examples (Douglas Fairbanks, Vlasta...
Edition
To the Within the Law. The Changes suggested by Gustav Machatý
Gustav Machatý, Jiří Horníček
Iluminace 2006, 18(1):111-118
Translations of three archival documents show Gustav Machatý's efforts to influence the shape of the 1939 Hollywood film To the Within the Law.
Interviews
Life of Cinema despite of its material Death. An Interview with Paolo Cherchi Usai
Anna Batistová, Andrea Rottin
Iluminace 2006, 18(1):99-109
Italian film critic, theorist, educator, FIAF vice-president and publicist Paolo Cherchi Usai talks about his books, the importance of film archives and his relationship to film.
Horizon
Light from East. 24. Le Giornate del cinema muto
Anna Batistová
Iluminace 2006, 18(1):119-128
Information about the 24th Le Giornate del cinema muto, held in Sacile, Italy, 7-16 October 2005. The festival is organised by the regional film archive Cineteca del Friuli in Genova.
Appendix
Circle of Looking: From the Renaissance Observer to the "Male" Spectator in Feminist Film Theory
Petra Hanáková
Iluminace 2006, 18(1):129-132
Information about the dissertation The Circle of Views: From the Renaissance Observer to the "Male" Spectator in Feminist Film Theory. The author's initial idea, main questions and research results.
Hollywood's Past and Present on DVD: Differentiation of Products, Diversification of Appeal
Pavel Skopal
Iluminace 2006, 18(1):133-134
Brief content of the dissertation Hollywood film on DVD: product differentiation, diversification of address. The first part is devoted to the establishment of the new DVD market and its strategy. Then the author focuses on the tendency towards differentiation and its impact on editions with contemporary Hollywood productions. The third part traces the ways in which older Hollywood films are contextualized on DVD.