Iluminace, 2008 (vol. 20), issue 3
Editorial
Popular science film as a genre between science and art
Veronika Klusáková
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):37-38 
The recent renaissance of popular science film, its reflection in the Czech space, the effort to redefine it and thus strengthen the role of film and visuality in the educational process. New ways of visual presentation of scientific knowledge. A brief introduction to the issues of the individual papers devoted to this issue.
Theme Articles
Etiology of the Neurological Gaze
Lisa Cartwright, přeložila Barbora Rozkošná
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):39-67
The theme of the text by the leading media scholar Lisa Cartwright is the dissolution of the sharp distinction between the natural sciences and the humanities, with the body becoming a space of Foucaultian inscription of meanings and medical diagnosis a clash of surface and interior concepts. An excerpt from her study examines the historical developments that preceded contemporary methods of body scanning in the field of neurology, by evaluating some of the uses of motion picture studies in neurology.
"Moving Picture of Heavens." Immersion in the Planetarium Space Show
Alison Griffiths
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):68-106
The text documents the transformation of mere "looking" into a demand for immersive experience, using the history of the institution of the planetarium in the 20th century as an example. The author expresses a concern with the over-popularity of film, which, however, goes hand in hand with efforts to legitimize film and visuality in the field of cognition.
Documentary
Robert A. Rosenstone, přeložila Veronika Klusáková
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):107-122
A translation of a chapter from a book by the American historian Robert Rosenstone, according to whom objective history based on unquestionable facts does not exist and documentary film represents the space of the most modern view of history.
Cinematograph from the Institute of Physics: The Czechoslovak Scientific Film Association, or the Popularisation of Science through the Cinema and the Cinema through Science
Lucie Česálková
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):123-147
The article traces one of the most interesting chapters of Czech popular science cinema, the period of the 1920s and 1930s, and the activities of the Society for Scientific Cinematography.
Articles
Visconti and Proust
Petr Málek
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):5-35
The study discusses Luchino Visconti's relationship to the work of Marcel Proust, using specific examples from Visconti's films The Cheetah and Vague Stars of Ursa (or, Sandra) to demonstrate Visconti's fascination with the Proustian themes of decadence, the order of decline, decay and death, and the reflection of these themes in Visconti's work.
Editions and Materials
Czechoslovak Scientific Film Association during the World War II and immediately after the War
Lucie Česálková
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):155-158
Introduction to the edition of sources concerning the Czechoslovak Society for Scientific Cinematography before 1945.
Activity of the Czechoslovak Scientific Film Association during the Occupation
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Iluminace 2008, 20(3):159-173
Authentic reports and minutes of meetings from March - September 1946 map the activities of the Czechoslovak Society for Scientific Cinematography during and after the Second World War.
Movies of the Ambassador. The Czechoslovak Film Audience and the American State Department (1945-1960)
Pavel Skopal
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):175-188
Introduction to the following correspondence between the U.S. Embassy in Prague and the State Department in Washington. The author of the editorial reflects on the questions that arise over the documents: what was the image of the film audience in the USA and how this constructed model influenced the attitude of the Department towards film exports to the then Czechoslovakia.
Correspondence between the American Embassy in Prague and the State Department
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Iluminace 2008, 20(3):189-197
The six authentic documents provide information about the negotiations between Hollywood studios and the nationalized Czechoslovak industry, or rather, they provide a view of these negotiations from the point of view of the American side, of the cultural-promotional practices of the department in the socialist state, of the screenings organized for the Czech employees of the American embassy, and of the repression with which the Czech viewers of these performances were prosecuted by the Czech secret police. The documents come from the US National Archives in Washington.
Interviews
Historian in Film is more of a cosmetic measure. An Interview with Robert Rosenstone
Veronika Klusáková
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):148-154
An interview with history professor and publicist Robert A. Rosenstone on the occasion of his participation in Academia Film Olomouc in 2008 focuses on the relationship between film and history and documentary film.
Horizon
A harbinger of the Evaluation. (Architectures of the Moving Image; 49. ročník Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference)
Patrik Vacek
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):207-209
Report on the 49th Annual Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Period of Creativness. The DVD Edition of Slovak Cinema of the 70's
Jaromír Blažejovský
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):210-217
Information about the research and editorial activities of the Slovak Film Institute with a focus on the DVD edition of Slovak Film of the 70s. Comparison with documentation of socialist audiovisual heritage in Germany (DEFA studio), Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic. Detailed content and analysis of the processing of the Slovak Film of the 70s edition.
Story of the Photography
Polyekran on Expo 1958 in Brussels
Eva Strusková
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):205-206
Creation and creators of a musical and pictorial composition called Prague Spring, created for presentation at the World Expo 58 in Brussels. The technical realization of Polyekran and its responses.
Ad Fontes
Stella a.s. (La Tricolore) (1926-1955)
Marcela Týfová
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):198-200
Information on the activities of the film and distribution company Stella a.s. (originally called La Tricolore) in the years 1926-1955.
Nationalfilm s.r.o. (1933-1954/1964/)
Marcela Týfová
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):201-203
Information about the activities of the film company Nationalfilm s.r.o. in the years 1933-1950. The company was later dissolved due to unsettled debts.
Appendix
Licensed International Film Database
Pavla Janásková
Iluminace 2008, 20(3):218-230
Detailed information and illustrative examples present foreign licensed factual and bibliographic film databases, which are currently available in the Czech Republic at five filmological departments.