Iluminace, 2008 (vol. 20), issue 1
Editorial
The history of film reception
Pavel Skopal
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):13-14 
The author introduces the reader to his intentions in preparing the thematic block of articles on the history of film reception and to the main ideas of the following articles.
Theme Articles
The Cultural Geography of Film Consumption
Mark Jancovich
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):15-35
The study analyses cinema as an object of consumption and sale, noting advertising, cinema programming, their competition and influence on potential audiences, etc. The author illustrates the above problems with specific examples of British biographers during 1930-1980.
Germany Goes Global: Challenging the Theory of Hollywood's Dominance on International Markets
Joseph Garncarz
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):37-49
The unpublished text, originally presented as a paper at the international conference Media in a Time of Transformation - Globalization and Convergence in Boston in May 2002, focuses on the phenomenon of film popularity and from this perspective reassesses the traditional thesis of Hollywood's long-term dominance of world markets.
(Un)Timeliness of Satire" The Reception of the Great Dictator in West Germany, 1952-1973
Peter Krämer
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):51-67
Through a discursive analysis, the text traces the changing reaction of the West German press to Chaplin's film The Great Dictator in the years 1952-1973.
Whose Heimat Is It? National Aesthetics and the Politics of Place in the Language Versions of Jana (1935/36)
Kevin Johnson
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):69-83
An analysis of two language versions - Czech and German - of the 1935 film Jana, with an emphasis on the analysis of the iconography, motifs and nationality of the films. Reception in Czechoslovakia and Germany, press coverage. Reasons for the emergence of multilingual versions of films in the 1930s. Differences and changes in the two versions: characters, setting, cast, music. The ways in which the political situation and national feeling influenced the promotion and reception of both films.
Travelling round the World, or an Excursion to Krč? The Reception of Film Travelogues by Hanzelka and Zikmund during the 1950s
Pavel Skopal
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):85-125
The text offers a history of the reception of travel documentaries by Jiří Hanzelka and Miroslav Zikmund: Africa I - From Morocco to Kilimanjaro, Africa II - From the Equator to Table Mountain and From Argentina to Mexico.
Multi-Purpose Cinema. Conceptions and Reflections of Cinema Cafés as a so-called Combinated Type of Venture
Lucie Česálková
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):127-145
Using questionnaires and interviews the author of the article investigated how visitors perceived and used the space of the cinema café in Pardubice in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Articles
Theatre and Cinema. Introduction to a Study by Jiří Hilmera
Ivan Klimeš
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):5-6
The introduction to the following study introduces the relationship between theatre and cinema as two institutions of entertainment and artistic culture.
Screening in the Estates Theatre (1907-1918)
Jiří Hilmera
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):7-12
The author recalls film screenings at the Estates Theatre before the establishment of the first permanent cinema in Prague.
Editions and Materials
Urban and Film Sociology. Inocenc Arnošt Bláha and His Role in the Survey of Brno after Second World War
Dušan Janák, Olga Buchtíková
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):161-178
The study is devoted to the founder of sociology in Czechoslovakia - Inocent Arnošt Bláh and his work. Firstly, it presents the sociological research of the city of Brno with all its issues as they developed during Bláh's scientific activity, then the article also focuses on his sociological interest in film in the contemporary context.
Questionnaires Compiled by the Brno Sociological Research Team (1947)
Olga Buchtíková
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):179-194
The edited documents are an example of two types of questionnaire - student and adult, which were used in the Sociological Research of the City of Brno.
Interviews
Cities, cinemas and audiences. On the history of reception, local research and multiplexes. Interview with Mark Jancovich
Pavel Skopal, Petr Szczepanik
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):147-159
The interview with Mark Jancovich focuses on the problems of reception studies and audience research and their methodology.
Horizon
Sound documentary in the work of the National Film Archive
Eva Strusková
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):200-203
Information about a new archival unit - a collection of sound documents that began to be created at the Czech National Film Archive in 1996. Simultaneously with the creation of the collection, the NFA adopted a program of sound documentation and oral history. The concept continued the tradition of making sound recordings in the Prague Film Library and the NFA thus accepted the use of sound documentation in the work of film historians and archivists. In addition to the content of the collection, the article also deals with its authors.
Between Method and Field of Study. Oral History and Research on Contemporary History
Pavel Mücke
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):204-207
The aim of this paper is to briefly introduce the reader to a relatively new phenomenon in the study of contemporary history - oral history.
Ad Fontes
Cinema Owners Association Biografia a.s. in Prague (1919/1920-1930)
Tomáš Lachman
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):195-197
History of Biografia a.s. in Prague in 1919-1930, its establishment and business characteristics.
Kinematografické družstvo v Praze s.r.o. (1917-1929)
Tomáš Lachman
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):198-199
Origin and history of the company Kinematografické družstvo v Praze s.r.o. and its activities in the years 1917-1929. Extant materials about the company.
Appendix
Lived Experiences of the "Enlightened City" (1925-1975). A Large Scale Oral History Project on Cinema-going in Flanders (Belgium)
Philippe Meers, Daniël Biltereyst, Lies Van de Vijver
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):208-214
Information about a research project called "The Enlightened City", which focused on the history of film performances and the importance of film screenings for audiences in the Flanders region of Belgium between 1925 and 1975. The project consists of three parts. The article mainly reports on the reasons for the project's creation and focuses on the third part, where oral history was used as the main research method.
Swing Youth and the Occupation Power in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Petr Koura
Iluminace 2008, 20(1):215-218
The aim of the project in the form of a dissertation is to present a hitherto neglected cultural and social phenomenon of the Protectorate history - the swing youth, who during the Second World War espoused American culture and free lifestyle. Dissertation structure and sources for research.