Iluminace, 2005 (vol. 17), issue 1


Articles

Some Facets of the Human Figure in Fiction Film

Margrit Tröhler, Henry M. Taylor

Iluminace 2005, 17(1):5-23  

The study deals with the description and naming of different facets of the character in the film and is based on existing professional terminology. Thus, the authors gradually define the terms: film character, person, personality, actor, figure, filmed body, character of the character, protagonist, main and minor characters, hero, heroine, type and role, image and star.

Letter to Tag Gallagher. Film in a Figural Standpoint

Nicole Brenez

Iluminace 2005, 17(1):25-41  

The study defines the figurative analysis of film and some of its basic principles.

Bodies nd Faces of/in Film. Notes on Theory and Practice of Spectator Identification and the Example of John Cassavetes

Jakub Kučera

Iluminace 2005, 17(1):43-63  

The study is devoted to two basic questions: what functions the body can have in film and the relationship of the viewer to the body on screen. It demonstrates these theoretical considerations through John Cassavetes' films Faces and Woman Under the Influence.

Possible Worlds and Their Inhabitants

Bohumil Fořt

Iluminace 2005, 17(1):65-76  

The theoretical study deals with the possible worlds of logic and narrative, narrative characters, their foundation, typology and action.

Filmmaker of Dreams: Jaroslav Rössler

Josef Moucha

Iluminace 2005, 17(1):77-96  

A portrait of the avant-garde photographer and filmmaker Jaroslav Rössler, his relationship to art and his work in film and theatre.

Editions and Materials

Film with Care of Censors

Ivan Klimeš

Iluminace 2005, 17(1):109-111  

The introduction to the following collection of materials on censorship in the 1950s introduces the topic and the author's intention.

Excursion into the Practice of Censorship. From the Reports of Main Administration of Press Supervision 1958-1959

Ivan Klimeš

Iluminace 2005, 17(1):112-146  

An insight into the daily censorship operations in the field of cinema and television in the late 1950s. The aim is to present, through more than three dozen cases, the thinking of the censor and the nature of the instructions he followed.

Interviews

Cassavetes on Cassavetes

John Cassavetes

Iluminace 2005, 17(1):97-107  

Excerpts from the book Cassavetes on Cassavetes, compiled from excerpts from interviews that the American actor and director John Cassavetes conducted with journalists during his lifetime. The excerpts relate to Cassavetes' work with actors, in the context of three films (Shadows, Faces and Woman Under the Influence).

Horizon

Study of Film Stars

Petr Mareš

Iluminace 2005, 17(1):147-148  

Review of the publication by Stephen Lowry and Helmut Korte: Der Filmstar. Brigitte Bardott, James Dean, Götz George, Heinz Rühmann, Romy Schneider, Hanna Schygula und neuere Stars.

On the Margin of the New Film History. Notes of the Amateur Reader

Karel Thein

Iluminace 2005, 17(1):149-165  

Review of the publication Petr Szczepanik (ed.): Nová filmová historie. Antologie současného myšlení o dějinách kinematografie a audiovizuální kultury)