Bovary to my. Przemysława Wojcieszka romans z literaturą

• Authors: Łukasz Jaroń

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BOVARY IS US. PRZEMYSŁAW WOJCIESZEK’S ROMANCE WITH LITERATURE

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The main topic of the article are literary inspirations present in the cinema of a Polish filmmaker, scriptwriter and playwright Przemysław Wojcieszek. Since Zabij ich wszystkich (Kill’em all, 1999), his directorial debut, he maintains the image of a social realist filmmaker, while creating an alternative reality of his own. The author analyses an abundant presence of literature — mainly Polish poetry — in Wojcieszek’s movies and its influence on the style of his works. In conclusion, the author proposes an interpretational key to Wojcieszek’s cinema. Most of his characters are created with a significant touch of bovarism; the books they read fuel their craving for an unspecific better and more purposeful life. Their yearning, however, in most cases remains insatiable.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Studia Filmoznawcze
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 36
• Pages: 93 - 104

Contributors

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Łukasz Jaroń

• Uniwersytet Gdański