Visions of Avant-Garde Film
Polish Cinematic Experiments from Expressionism to Constructivism
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts
| Author: | Kamila Kuc | ISBN: | 9780253024053 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press | Publication: | December 12, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Indiana University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kamila Kuc |
| ISBN: | 9780253024053 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Publication: | December 12, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Indiana University Press |
| Language: | English |
Warsaw- and London-based filmmakers Franciszka and Stefan Themerson are often recognized internationally as pioneers of the 1930s Polish avant-garde. Yet, from the turn of the century to the end of the 1920s, Poland’s literary and art scenes were also producing a rich array of criticism and early experiments with the moving image that set the stage for later developments in the avant-garde. In this comprehensive and accessible study, Kamila Kuc draws on myriad undiscovered archival sources to tell the history of early Polish avant-garde movements—Symbolism, Expressionism, Futurism, and Constructivism—and to reveal their impact on later practices in art cinema.
Warsaw- and London-based filmmakers Franciszka and Stefan Themerson are often recognized internationally as pioneers of the 1930s Polish avant-garde. Yet, from the turn of the century to the end of the 1920s, Poland’s literary and art scenes were also producing a rich array of criticism and early experiments with the moving image that set the stage for later developments in the avant-garde. In this comprehensive and accessible study, Kamila Kuc draws on myriad undiscovered archival sources to tell the history of early Polish avant-garde movements—Symbolism, Expressionism, Futurism, and Constructivism—and to reveal their impact on later practices in art cinema.
