Iluminace, 2016 (vol. 28), issue 1
Articles
Birth of law from the zeitgeist. A long legislative journey to the statutory order no. 72/1948 coll. on the foundation and organisation of the "Czechoslovak State Film"
Ivan David
Iluminace 2016, 28(1):5-38 
The text discusses the legislative work leading to the adoption of Government Decree No. 72/1948 Coll., on the establishment and organisation of the state enterprise "Czechoslovak State Film", as well as some related circumstances that had a major impact on the process and its results. In terms of time, the text concentrates on the period when the work took place (1945-1948), and does not discuss developments in Slovakia.
"An indecent and tasteless film cannot be beautiful." Catholic action, structures of catholic camp and their activities in the field of cinema in the Czech milieu of the first half of the 1920s
Petr Hasan
Iluminace 2016, 28(1):39-60
The author of the text follows the activities of the Catholic Central and its activities in the field of film and other initiatives that claimed to be part of it, such as the Film Association of the Czechoslovak People's Party, the Catholic Film Central and the St.Wenceslas League.
Formation of screenwriting craft in the Czech cinema of the 1920s and the "established" screenwriter Josef Neuberg
Jan Trnka
Iluminace 2016, 28(1):61-86
The study, which is part of the author's forthcoming dissertation, argues that the 1920s were the beginning of the formation of the craft of modern screenwriting and the establishment of a specialized profession of screenwriting. The author uses Josef Neuberg as an example of a professional freelance screenwriter.
What is a suffering body capable of? Melodramatic affect and The death of Maria Malibran
Jiří Anger
Iluminace 2016, 28(1):87-106
The study focuses on the theory of affect and uses the example of an experimental film by the German director Werner Schroeter, The Death of Maria Malibran, to clarify the general disjunctive features of affect and to suggest how they can be shaped in film.
Edition
Disciplinary council of the Union of Czech filmmakers and the case of Oldřich Papež
Zuzana Černá
Iluminace 2016, 28(1):149-165
A historical study of the activities of the Disciplinary Council of the Association of Czech Film Workers, which after the war in the years 1945-1946 was to judge the transgressions of film workers against national honour. The case of the accusation against Oldřich Papež, production manager and deputy director of Lucernafilm, is given as an example. Included is a convolute of documents from the NFA collection entitled Documentation of the proceedings against Oldřich Papež: Minutes of the hearing before the Disciplinary Council, Finding of the Disciplinary Council of the Film Workers' Union, Denial of the request for permission to retry, Pardation.
Analysis
Hustle. Illusive subworlds in film and television fiction
Martin Kos
Iluminace 2016, 28(1):107-122
Analysis of the BBC series Hustle and comparison with similarly themed films or series: The Sting, Inception, Ocean's Eleven, Mission Impossible.
Interviews
--and one day it will all fit together. An interview with Georges Didi-Huberman
Johannes Bennke
Iluminace 2016, 28(1):123-128
An interview with philosopher and art historian Georges Didi-Huberman about his speech in which he introduced a new form of subjectivism. The interview took place during the International Conference on Media Theory and Philosophy Dis/appearing held in Prague in May 2015.
Horizon
Orphans who remember, orphans who defy, and orphans who fell into oblivion (Constantin Parvulescu, Orphans of the East)
Jana Dudková
Iluminace 2016, 28(1):174-178
Review of Constantin Parvulescu's monograph Orphans of the East.
Film Industry Voices
To find one's group of viewers in a many places of the world as possible. An interview with Viktor Tauš
Viktor Tauš, Petr Szczepanik
Iluminace 2016, 28(1):129-148
An interview with director and producer Viktor Taus about the practical issues of developing scripts and projects after 2009.
Ad Fontes
Film council (1948) 1949-1955
Petr Hasan
Iluminace 2016, 28(1):166-169
Analysis of NFA documents on the Film Council, which was established in early 1949 as an advisory body to the Minister of Information and Enlightenment.
Demon Island identification of feature film from 1933
Eva Urbanová
Iluminace 2016, 28(1):170-173
Information about a newly discovered and identified German film from the NFA archive, Demon Island from 1933 and its makers. It is an ethnographic feature film directed by Friedrich Dalsheim.
Appendix
Art-house film and its dissemination on the Czech market
Eva Blažková
Iluminace 2016, 28(1):179-183
Information about the author's forthcoming dissertation, which aims to analyse the economic mechanisms that influence the introduction of art film into Czech cinemas.