Iluminace, 2001 (vol. 13), issue 2

Articles

Defining the Moving image

Noël Carroll

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):5-32  

This theoretical study analyses the conditions necessary for the creation of moving images, i.e. film.

Color versus Sound or Triumph of Trichromatic Technicolor. A Brief Note on the Rhythm of Film History

Karel Thein

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):33-40  

The reflection develops the thesis that the most dramatic turning point in the history of film is not the advent of sound, but one of the phases of the transition to colour in the sense of dichromy and trichromy of the film strip.

Break Point

Milan D. Klepikov

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):41-50  

The author returns to the turning points in the history of cinema that, in his opinion, influenced the further development of cinema. These are not only events, but also some filmmakers and their works.

Cinema of Attraction: Early Film, Its Spectator, and the Avant-Garde

Tom Gunning

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):51-57  

A reflection on film in its early period and on the beginnings of the avant-garde.

Napoleon According to Abel Gance. Images That Call for Music

Briana Čechová

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):59-79  

Analysis of Abel Gance's film Napoleon, information about the making of the film and the restoration process. The portrayal of Napoleon in the film.

Editions and Materials

Under the Sign of the Ox-eye Daisy. Gaumont and Its Branch in Prague

Karel Tabery

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):91-118  

Information about the operation of the French company Gaumont in Czechoslovakia in 1919-1934 and the activities of the Prague branch.

Interviews

From Bakehouse to Museum. An Interview with Stefan Drössler

Petr Mareš

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):81-89  

An interview with German film historian, restorer, publicist and teacher Stefan Drössler on the occasion of his visit to the LFS in Uherské Hradiště. Drössler talks about the prosperity of German cinemas, his tenure at the Bonn Film Library and the Munich Film Museum.

Horizon

Media Power

Josef Moucha

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):127-130  

Reflection on the topic "Media and its influence on human life".

What To Do With Unwanted Loves. An Essay About the Film Loners

Oliver Bakoš

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):130-135  

Review of the film Samotáři

Fluctuant Terms. (Seymour Chatman: Coming To Terms. The Rhetoric of Narrative in Fiction and Film)

Helena Bendová

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):136-138  

Review of Seymour Chatman's publication, Agreed Terms. The Rhetoric of Narrative in Fiction and Film.

Raster in Space and Time (of the city). (Film Locales 1)

Michal Bregant

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):138-140  

Review and analysis of Svatopluk Innemann's film Prague in the Glow of Lights.

Another Castel (Film Locales 2)

Peter Michalovič

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):141-142  

Reflection on the use of exteriors in film shooting. In Slovakia, this is for example the Orava Castle. Examples of films that have been shot there.

Karel Vachek: Bohemia Docta or The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart (Divine Comedy) (Laudatio)

Michal Bregant

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):143-144  

The paper was presented on the occasion of the annual awards ceremony of the Czech Literary Fund in the Prague Castle Ballroom on 5 June 2001.

Double-view

In the Sign of Bear

Miroslav Marcelli

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):119-122  

A review of the American action film Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai by director Jim Jarmusch.

Master Sun on the Art of Gangster Story

Miroslav Petříček

Iluminace 2001, 13(2):123-125  

A review of the American action film Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai by director Jim Jarmusch.