Iluminace, 1989 (vol. 1), issue 2
The rivalry of the muses. About the anthology Film and Literature
Jaroslava Janáčková
Iluminace 1989, 1(2):78-84 
Review by literary historian Jaroslava Janáčková on Filmový sborník historický I, Film a literatura (ed. Ivan Klimeš; Prague: ČSFÚ 1988).
Film criticism after twenty years
Jan Lukeš
Iluminace 1989, 1(2):85-89
Review by literary and film critic Jan Lukes on the book by film critic Pavel Melounek Horečky všedního dne aneb Nová jména, nové pohledy v našem filmu 70. a 80. let (Fevers of everyday today or New names, new perspectives in our film of the 70s and 80s; Prague: ČSFÚ 1987).
Conference on the ninetieth anniversary of Czechoslovak cinema
Petr Mareš, Martin Nechvátal
Iluminace 1989, 1(2):90-92
Report on an interdisciplinary conference on the history of Czech and Slovak cinema held in Prague in early December 1988.
• Seminar in Bratislava
Ivan Klimeš
Iluminace 1989, 1(2):93-95
Report on the seminar on Slovak Feature Film 1946-1969 held in Bratislava, 18-19 April 1989.
Articles
Time and Global-Time in the Film
Stanislav Ulver
Iluminace 1989, 1(2):1-8
The study presents the first steps towards the questions of film time and time in film in Czech film aesthetics and film theory. It is followed by a short introduction to the context by V. Z. [Vlastimil Zuska] "Introduction to the article Time and Global Time in Film".
A Substitute for Dreams
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Iluminace 1989, 1(2):9-11
The Austrian poet's famous essay "Ersatz für die Träume" about the audience's fascination with film. First published in the Neue Freie Presse on 27 March 1921. Translation by Jiří Stromšík.
The Cinema and New Psychology
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Iluminace 1989, 1(2):12-22
Lecture "Le cinéma et la nouvelle psychologie", delivered on 13 March 1945 at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques and published in 1947 in Les Temps modernes. Translation by Marcela Sedláčková.
The Concept of National Historical Film Among Czech Society Berween the World Wars
Ivan Klimeš, Jiří Rak
Iluminace 1989, 1(2):23-37
About the ideas of Czech interwar society, how the ideal of a national historical film should be fulfilled.
Romance for Cornet or How a Poem Was Turned into a Film
Marie Mravcová
Iluminace 1989, 1(2):38-64
An analysis of the literary draft and film transcription of Hrubín's 1966 work Romance for a Winged Woman by Otakar Vávra.
Edition
Memoirs of a traveling cinema operator and his family from 1931-1946
Oldřich Bašus
Iluminace 1989, 1(2):65-77
The memories of professional projectionist Oldřich Bašus of his traveling cinema, which became a livelihood for his entire family from 1931-1946. The edition is accompanied by an "Editor's Afterword" by Jiří Rak, which puts the edited text into a broader historical context.