Liminal Spaces in Binka Zhelyazkova’s film The Last Word (1973) Cover Image
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Гранични пространства във филма на Бинка Желязкова „Последната дума“ (1973)
Liminal Spaces in Binka Zhelyazkova’s film The Last Word (1973)

Author(s): Eva-Maria Ivanova
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Институт за изследване на изкуствата, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Liminal Epochs; architecture; panopticon; Lika Yanko; Giovanni Battista Piranesi; visual references

Summary/Abstract: Binka Zhelyazkova’s film The Last Word (1973) contains numerous liminal spaces: the prison building and its adjacent courtyard, for example, but also the cell itself, where the gloomy prison atmosphere clashes with Lika Yanko’s naively surrealist murals. Quite a few shots in the film draw attention to the architecture of the prison – the vault of the gates, the courtyard, the tower as well as the interior – the staircase, the cell itself, the floors of the central tower, etc. These spaces probably contain many implicit visual references, for example to Piranesi’s Imaginary Prisons.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 52-61
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bulgarian
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