'5 x 2'. Feminine and Masculine Versions

• Authors: Sikora S.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

François Ozon's '5x2' is constructed in an interesting way. It tells the story backwards, which means it decontextualizes the recounted events. One may assume that as they are presented in reverse chronology at least some viewers may have problems in contextualizing some events. As a result, some actions of the main hero (especially his) seem to be hardly intelligible. Ozon has also edited the director's copy (available only in a DVD set) that tells the same story in chronological order (the changes are practically insignificant). It is hard to say why the other version was made. One may think that it was made for viewers with a lower IQ. The rub is that in this way the meaning of the story is totally changed - that's why author says we may speak about two versions of the same story: the original one could be a feminine (more interesting and thought-provoking) version and the other chronological story could be called a masculine one, definitely less interesting also psychologically.

Keywords

EN

OZON FRANÇOIS

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filmowy
• Year: 2006
• Issue: 56
• Pages: 203-209
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Sikora S.

• S. Sikora, no postal address given, contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02344898