Iluminace, 2015 (vol. 27), issue 3


Theme Articles

Conflict Management: The Camerimage Festival and the Dialectics of Prestige

Michał Pabiś-Orzeszyna

Iluminace 2015, 27(3):7-22  

The article examines how the Polish festival Cameraimage, which focuses on cameramen, increases the prestige of the profession.

Risk and Trust in State-Socialist Co-Production Practice. DEFA-Barrandov Collaborations of 1970s and 1980s

Pavel Skopal

Iluminace 2015, 27(3):23-35  

The article analyses the role of risk and trust in the development of co-production projects between the East German film studio DEFA and the Czechoslovak Barrandov in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Appropriation of Prestige. Asta Nielsen's Star Persona in the Polish Territories of Russia before World War I

Łukasz Biskupski

Iluminace 2015, 27(3):37-48  

The article describes how the Warsaw-based film company Sfinks managed to establish itself on the local market thanks to the success of The Abyss (1910), starring Danish silent film star Asta Nielsen. This success was repeated by The Slave of Passions (1914) with Polish actress Pola Negri.

Editions and Materials

May Revolution 1945 through the Camera of Václav Kostelecký

Martin Šrajer

Iluminace 2015, 27(3):107-124  

Detailed information about the content and execution of May Revolution 1945, a half-hour amateur film by Czech economist, UN official and occasional filmmaker and photographer Václav Kostelecký, which was acquired by the National Film Archive in 2014.

Analysis

Analytical section project

Radomír D. Kokeš

Iluminace 2015, 27(3):49-50  

Introduction to a new column of Iluminace magazine called Analysis, which aims to loosely follow the genre tradition of systematic examination of film works. A brief outline of the concept of the column and the texts in preparation. The first contribution for the new column is the following article Bourne Supremacy. The Action Film of Motion.

Bourne Supremacy. An Action Film of Motion

Radomír D. Kokeš

Iluminace 2015, 27(3):51-93  

An analysis of The Bourne Supremacy (in the context of the entire series, including The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Ultimatum), presenting a thorough analysis of the work's structure in relation to its series (the problem of sequels), contemporary action film customs, and the historical development of the analytically recognized narrative tactics of the so-called action film of motion.

Interviews

Wild Days of Interactivity and the Charm of Beginnings. An Interview with William Uricchio

Lucie Česálková

Iluminace 2015, 27(3):95-106  

Interview with American film historian and professor of media studies William Uricchio on the occasion of his lecture in the accompanying programme of the cross-media documentary projects section of One World 2015 in Prague.

Horizon

Film Analysis - Tools and Examples (Radomír D. Kokeš, Rozbor filmu)

Petr Mareš

Iluminace 2015, 27(3):130-133  

Review of Radomír D. Kokeš's publication Rozbor filmu.

All that We Still Do Not Know About the History of Czech Cinema (Pavel Skopal, Filmová kultura severního trojúhelníku. Filmy, kina a diváci českých zemí, NDR a Polska 1945-1970)

Petr Bednařík

Iluminace 2015, 27(3):134-137  

Review of Pavel Skopal's publication Filmová kultura severního trojúhelníku: filmy, kina a diváci českých zemí, NDR a Polska 1945-1970.

Ad Fontes

The Central Union of Cinematographs in the Czechoslovak Republic (1920-1938)

Jaroslav Štuller

Iluminace 2015, 27(3):125-129  

History and formation of the Central Union of Cinematographers in Czechoslovakia, the characteristics and development of its activities in 1920-1938.

Appendix

Attitude of the Roman-Catholic Church Towards Film in the Czech Area from the Emergence of Cinema to the Year 1948

Petr Hasan

Iluminace 2015, 27(3):138-144  

The author of the dissertation on the Attitude of the Roman Catholic Church towards Film in the Czech Area from the Emergence of Cinema to the Year 1948 informs about its content and aims.

Critical Edition of Selected Texts by Galina Kopaněva

Tomáš Hála

Iluminace 2015, 27(3):145-147  

The aim of this critical edition of selected texts by Galina Kopaněva (1931-2012) is to commemorate in one volume the work of the publicist and educator, who for several decades helped to shape the perception of film in today's Czech Republic and Slovakia. In his article, the author of the project introduces the personality and significance of Galina Kopaněva and the aspects of the choice of texts he has included in the upcoming publication.