PT Journal
AU Cechova, B
TI Rendition of The Thinking Mind in the Feature Film Debuts of Jan Nemec and Drahomira Vihanova
SO Iluminace
PY 2017
BP 69
EP 82
VL 29
IS 1
DI 10.58193/ilu.1503
WP https://iluminace.cz/en/artkey/ilu-201701-0004.php
DE Czech new wave; acting; Demanty noci 1964; Zabita nedele 1969; film debut; flashback
SN 0862397X
AB Diamonds of the Night (1964) and Squandered Sunday (1969) are feature film debuts and, at the same time, prominent works of their authors, the representatives of the Czech New Wave, Jan Nemec and Drahomira Vihanova. The study focuses on one fact the two films have in common: internal contents of protagonists' memory signal larger scope and concentration of meaning than images of their present acting. A comparative analysis of the two films is inspired by the philosophy of memory of Henri Bergson and is terminologically based in the narrative analysis of Gerard Genett and Uri Margolin's concept of the "thinking mind". It aims to describe and interpret temporal layers and their relations in the two works and demonstrate, based on their functioning, the ability of film medium to present the activity of human mind, and in this sense to enter the fictive mind of its bearer. Employing Genett's terminology, the study identifies every manifestation of anachrony - changes of temporal arrangement - that represent the extension of the narrative field. The findings of the presented study comprise the interpretation of temporal patterns and the discovery that there is an anachrony typical for these authors, constituted by the thinking mind of protagonists in a crucial period of life, which is designated in the study by the term "existential anachrony".
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