THE POWER AND THE TRUTH. A FILM. A NATIONAL PROJECT
THE POWER AND THE TRUTH. A FILM. A NATIONAL PROJECT
Author(s): Ion IndoleanSubject(s): Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Cinematography; Political Film; Nicolae Ceauşescu; Manole Marcus; Titus Popovici; Propaganda;
Summary/Abstract: This article tries to understand what type of film is approved by the Nicolae Ceauşescu regime and how it is promoted, through various propaganda channels. In this sense, we choose to discuss the film made by the artistic couple Manole Marcus - Titus Popovici, The Power and The Truth (1972), and we resort to a content analysis to understand the way it was made. We are also interested in the echoes of the film in the press of the time and how with the help of newspaper articles the authorities inoculate the idea that this film is the most important cinematographic achievement of the moment, a benchmark for political productions to be made from that point on.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Historia
- Issue Year: 66/2021
- Issue No: Sp.Issue
- Page Range: 171-194
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English