Miłość i polityka - japońska nowa fala
Love and Politics – The Japanese New Wave

Summary/Abstract: Loska presents a review of films that are classified as belonging to the Japanese new wave (nuberu bagu). He notices that the popular comparisons with the French nouvelle vague only show superficial similarities that suggest work based on imitation and lacking in originality. However the work of Japanese directors coming from the 1960s generation is marked by exceptional and innovative combination of the erotic with the political, and the historical context that is entirely different from the European one. In the case of the Japanese new wave we are not dealing with a shared or consistent enterprise, rather we find similar main themes and leitmotivs (interestingly some of the artists did not like to use the label of nuberu bagu, and provocatively rejected the legitimacy of its usage). In the films made by this generation one can notice a certain dislike of the classic film based on an impression of reality. Rather the artists like to use non-linear plot, the breaking of the space-time continuity and disturbing the mechanisms of identification, and what follows – the use of distancing techniques creating a defamiliarization effect. The way members of this generation deal with the problem of subjectivity also indicates shared spirituality and sensitivity.

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