Iluminace, 2014 (vol. 26), issue 3


Articles

Italian Neorealism Goes East. Authorship, Realism, Socialism

Francesco Pitassio

Iluminace 2014, 26(3):7-19  

A reflection on the way Czech film theorists and filmmakers discussed Italian neorealism in the post-war years.

Opening Titles and Authorship in Romanian Socialist Film

Constantin Parvulescu

Iluminace 2014, 26(3):21-36  

An analysis of the opening titles of Romanian socialist films as an illustration of changes in the film industry.

A School of Opportunism. Short Filmmakers Caught in a Web of Commissions and Dealings

Lucie Česálková

Iluminace 2014, 26(3):37-47  

The essay explores causality in producer relations, the definition and self-definition of the short film in Czechoslovakia in the 1940s and 1950s.

Forging an Identity for Early Romanian Television

Dana Mustata

Iluminace 2014, 26(3):49-58  

The essay addresses the visits of early Romanian television professionals to the BBC and the impact of these exchanges of know-how on the development of authorship and television services.

Editions and Materials

"People Expect a Much Larger Tragedy". The Fate of the Film Stock from the Annihilation of Lidice

Lucie Česálková

Iluminace 2014, 26(3):59-65  

The article deals with the post-war fate of the film documentation of the extermination of Lidice, the efforts to present it in the prepared and unrealised documentary film by director František Sádek and the reasons why the film was not completed. The content of the print of František Sádek's preparatory film Lidice, a Czech village and examples of realised films with Lidice themes.

Lidice. An Unfilmed Screenplay by František Sádek

František Sádek

Iluminace 2014, 26(3):66-88  

The subject of the unrealised script by director and screenwriter František Sádek Lidice is "the destruction and rebuilding of the village of Lidice" in the context of the time of the script's creation, i.e. 1946.

Horizon

Big Story of the Crisis of Big Stories. (Jan Svoboda, Proměny filmového vyprávění)

Jaromír Blažejovský

Iluminace 2014, 26(3):89-91  

Review of the publication by Jan Svoboda: The Transformations of Film Narrative: (from the poetics of the 1960s).

Elegant History. (kolektiv autorů, Fünfzig Jahre Österreichisches Filmmuseum)

Matěj Strnad

Iluminace 2014, 26(3):92-97  

Review of the anthology F'nfzig Jahre Österreichisches Filmmuseum.

Film Narratology - Not a Textbook, Not a Theory, Not a Metatheory

Radomír D. Kokeš

Iluminace 2014, 26(3):98-102  

Review of the publication by educator, film and literary theorist and historian Peter Verstraten Film Narratology.

Ad Fontes

Petr Skala's Experimental Films in NFA's Collections

Bohdana Kerbachová

Iluminace 2014, 26(3):103-109  

A description of the contents of the collection of experimental films by Petr Skala, acquired by the National Film Archive in 2004. An analysis of the significance of Skala's work and his original contribution as a filmmaker.

Ringler-Film (Jack Ringler, Arnoštka Ringlerová) 1935-1943 (1946)

Jiří Kutil

Iluminace 2014, 26(3):110-113  

Information about the founding and activities of the Prague company Ringler-Film (or Jack Ringler, Arnoštka Ringlerová) in 1935-1943.

Appendix

Audiovisual Fund (AVF) and Slovak Documantary Film in the years 2010-2013

Žofia Bosáková

Iluminace 2014, 26(3):114-116  

Objectives and procedure for the dissertation on the Audiovisual Fund (AVF) and Slovak documentary film in 2010-2013.