W świecie kolorowej (anty)utopii. O animowanych cyborgach w Kongresie Ariego Folmana

• Authors: Adrianna Woroch

Title variants

EN

In a world of a colorful (anti)utopia. About animated cyborgs in The Congress by Ari Folman

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The article focuses on pointing out the functions of using animation technique and elements of the science fiction genre in Ari Folman’s The Congress from 2013. The film, which is loosely based on the short story The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem, balances on the edge of various genres, using the techniques of both live action film and computer animation. Folman proposes a glamorous, colorful vision of an (anti)utopian future, in which pharmacologically-modified cyborg-people participate in a collective hallucination, which is an alternative reality to the post-apocalyptic real world. The director makes several significant changes to the original, thanks to which he introduces a universal message and asks questions which seem far more relevant in the context of both contemporary culture and the environmental crisis that can no longer be ignored (although the issue of an impending natural disaster was also important in Lem’s works).

EN

The article focuses on pointing out the functions of using animation technique and elements of the science fiction genre in Ari Folman’s The Congress from 2013. The film, which is loosely based on the short story The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem, balances on the edge of various genres, using the techniques of both live action film and computer animation. Folman proposes a glamorous, colorful vision of an (anti)utopian future, in which pharmacologically-modified cyborg-people participate in a collective hallucination, which is an alternative reality to the post-apocalyptic real world. The director makes several significant changes to the original, thanks to which he introduces a universal message and asks questions which seem far more relevant in the context of both contemporary culture and the environmental crisis that can no longer be ignored (although the issue of an impending natural disaster was also important in Lem’s works).

Keywords

PL

Ari Folman; Stanislaw Lem; The Congress; animation; technology; anti-utopia; science fiction

EN

Ari Folman; Stanislaw Lem; The Congress; animation; technology; anti-utopia; science fiction; Ari Folman; Stanislaw Lem; The Congress; animation; technology; anti-utopia; science fiction

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 37
• Pages: 141-150

Dates

published

2021-03-31

Contributors

author

Adrianna Woroch

• Instytut Filmu, Mediów i Sztuk Audiowizualnych, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4237-3756

References

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• Sitkiewicz P., Małe wielkie kino: film animowany od narodzin do końca okresu klasycznego, Gdańsk 2009
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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/i.2020.37.08