The purpose of this article is to indicate the possible usage of fictional films as a historical source for studies in everyday life history. The author exam the available literature to describe those features of a film source that historians may profit from. The Polish film genre “cinema of moral anxiety” was brought up as an example for the discussed problem. The genre is analyzed as a source for exploring the everyday life in Poland in 1970s, particularly it distinctive realistic form.
The text discusses the social understanding of the film canon. The analyses is based on the results of the social research “Poles about Polish films. Opinions of Poles on Polish cinema and their attitudes towards Polish film production” conducted in 2019. The research findings show how Polish audiences think about the Polish film canon and how they define it, referring to their own film experiences, attitudes towards Polish productions and to beliefs about the influence of Polish cinema on culture.
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