Iluminace, 2015 (vol. 27), issue 1
Editorial
American Cinema and Youth: New Global Histories
Richard Nowell
Iluminace 2015, 27(1):5-7 
An introduction to the following series of articles on American film and youth. It defines the subject matter and briefly characterizes the individual contributions.
Theme Articles
The Normals, the Questionables, and the Delinquents. East Harlem Youth and the Movies, 1931–1934
Lisa M. Rabin
Iluminace 2015, 27(1):9-27
The author focuses in her analysis, based on contemporary sociological studies conducted between 1931 and 1934, on the history of film perception by adolescents, mostly Italian and Puerto Rican, living in East Harlem.
Importing Modern Venus. Hollywood, Starlets, and the Czech Star System of the early-to-mid 1930s
Šárka Gmiterková
Iluminace 2015, 27(1):29-42
In her essay, the author deals with the Czech star system of the first half of the 1930s, which was influenced by American Hollywood. The Hollywood system of film stars and starlets was a model for the film magazine Kinorevue and the newly founded Film Studio.
"If not for their Artistic Merit then their Capacity to Connect with People". Czechoslovak Communists, Late Cold War Cultural Policy, and Youth-oriented American Films
Jindřiška Bláhová, Richard Nowell
Iluminace 2015, 27(1):43-61
In their essay, the authors examine Czechoslovak film in the late Cold War period and its policy of importing American youth films, such as Rebel Without a Cause, Saturday Night Fever, or Dirty Dancing. Based on an analysis of the sources, the authors argue that the selection of Ústřední půjčovna filmů is framed by four historical contexts reflecting changes in the cultural policies of the Czechoslovak Communist Party: blaming parents for student unrests, demonizing American capitalism and democracy, undermining subversive local subcultures, and proposals to liberalize the cultural sphere.
"Who is the Biggest Gleek?" Traditional Media Targets the Digital Youth Generation
Valerie Wee
Iluminace 2015, 27(1):63-76
Using the example of the American musical series Glee, the author analyses how is contemporary media trying to attract young generations and how the behaviour and demands of young consumers are changing in the digital age.
Interviews
Developing a Research Program in Youth Cinema Studies and Revising Generation Multiplex. An Interview with Timothy Shary
Richard Nowell
Iluminace 2015, 27(1):77-84
An interview with American film scholar Timothy Shary about his research on youth film and the publication Generation Multiplex: The Image of Youth in Contemporary American Cinema.
American Teen Film: Something More Slippery than it Used to Be. An Interview with Catherine Driscoll
Richard Nowell
Iluminace 2015, 27(1):85-92
An interview with Australian professor of gender and cultural studies Catherine Driscoll about her publications and how teen films are not just an American phenomenon.
Horizon
Addressing the Russian Other (Ewa Mazierska - Lars Kristensen - Eva Näripea (eds.), Postcolonial Approaches to Eastern European Cinema: Portraying Neighbours on Screen)
Anna Batori
Iluminace 2015, 27(1):97-101
Review of publication Postcolonial Approaches to Eastern European Cinema: Portraying Neighbours on Screen.
Czech Short Film of the 1930s-1950s in Five Deep Breaths (Lucie Česálková, Atomy věčnosti. Český krátký film 30. až 50. let)
Mária Ferenčuhová
Iluminace 2015, 27(1):102-105
Review of Lucie Česálková's publication: Atomy věčnosti. Český krátký film 30. až 50. let.
Amateur Film in the Countries of Eastern Block (Inédits Conference Prague, 30th October – 1st November 2014)
Jiří Horníček
Iluminace 2015, 27(1):106-108
Report from the Inédits Conference, held in Prague from 30th October to 1st November 2014.
Ad Fontes
Film Artistic Comittee (1946–1948)
Jiří Kutil
Iluminace 2015, 27(1):93-94
History of the formation and activities of the Film Artistic Comittee (FIUS) in 1946–1948.
Archival Tools of NFA's Special Collections Department On-line
Marcela Týfová
Iluminace 2015, 27(1):95-96
Information about access to archival tools (mainly inventories and catalogues) of the fonds and collections of the National Film Archive's Special Collections Department (OPA) on the NFA website.
Appendix
Resonation of Film Stasis
Václav Krůček
Iluminace 2015, 27(1):109-119
Description and aims of the dissertation Resonance of Film Stasis.