Truly Uncompromising Cinema
Abstract
A long overdue CD with three films by Stefan and Franciszka Themerson (produced in the 1930s and 1940s) has just been released by the Lux in London in collaboration with the Center for Contemporary Arts in Warsaw and the Polish Audiovisual Publishers. Fifty years ago Stefan Themerson published an essay in which he expressed an opinion that lack of money should not prevent filmmakers from making films. Today, in the era of digital cameras and computers, it is easier than ever to make films on a shoestring budget. The reverse side of this situation is that soon we will be, or maybe have already been, flooded with talentless productions which now have a perfect distribution channel: the Internet.
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Marcin Giżyckikwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Rhode Island School of Design United States
Krytyk i historyk sztuki, autor książek z dziedziny historii filmu i zjawisk kultury artystycznej. Wykładowca w Rhode Island School of Design w USA. Opublikował m.in. Nie tylko Disney — rzecz o kinie animowanym (2000), Koniec i co dalej? (2001), Słownik kierunków, ruchów i kluczowych pojęć sztuki drugiej połowy XX wieku (2002), Wenders do domu! Europejskie filmy o Ameryce i ich recepcja w Stanach Zjednoczonych (2006).
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