Co się wydarzyło w Brighton
What Happened in Brighton

Summary/Abstract: In the book Zwrot historyczny w badaniach filmoznawczych [The Historical Turn in Film Studies] (2020), Michał Pabiś-Orzeszyna precisely and in great detail describes the histories (plural) of the title phenomenon. He shows the methodologies and inspirations accompanying it, places them in various contexts, and then subjects them to thorough criticism, also reconstructing disputes between representatives of the seemingly same trend. We have received a highly professional, carefully thought-out guidebook to the New Cinema History/New Film History, going beyond superficial and unifying readings. The author, however, has greater ambitions than just presenting the historical turn. If he makes the reader familiar with the above-mentioned disputes about how to write about early cinema, he also turns this into a starting point for reflecting on a more fundamental issue. His book takes part in the discussion on the methodology and self-awareness of the humanities.

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