Współczesny film dla dzieci i młodzieży w świetle kina gatunków
Escape from childhood

Contemporary film for children and young people in the light of genre cinema

Author(s): Jacek Nowakowski
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: genre cinema; cinema for young audiences; family movie; school film; horror film; western; the fairy tale
Summary/Abstract: The book discusses the phenomenon of cinema intended for young audiences assimilating the content and aesthetic conventions of genre-defined films aimed at adults. The following genres were used as examples: the school film (including The Last Bell and 7 Feelings), the fairy tale (various film versions of Carlo Collodi's novel Pinocchio), the western (including Wild West Calamity Jane and Big City) and the horror film (especially The Girl with All the Gifts). This is a consequence of the disappearance of the cross-genre category of the family movie, and the changing and growing cultural consciousness of children and young people in the era of late modernity. This situation is not solely the outcome of efforts by filmmakers themselves, but it stems to an equal degree from the activities of official institutions popularising the art of filmmaking and from young viewers’ individual interpretations of films.

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