Polish Cinema (318-0-1)

Instructors

Michal Wilczewski
847 4676485
1880 Campus Dr., Kresge Hall, Suite 3305 (Office 3359), Evanston, IL 60208
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am-12pm

Meeting Info

Parkes Hall 214: Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This course will survey Polish film (all subtitled) from its earliest beginnings at the turn of the 20th century to the present day. We will begin by watching Poland's earliest talkies and films of the interwar period before discussing the Holocaust and Stalinism and its "thaw" on film during the communist era. From there, we will discuss the Polish Film School and the Cinema of Morality Anxiety. Further, we will analyze themes of absurdism and the subversive, and later examine teh changes forms, subjects, and elements of films in post-1989 Poland. We will watch films by such directors as Juliusz Gardan, Stanisław Bareja, Andrzej Wajda, Wanda Jakubowska, Aleksander Ford, Kryszstof Kieślowski, and Paweł Pawlikowski.

Class Attributes

Literature and Arts Foundational Discipline
Global Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity
SoC Humanities and Fine Arts Distro