Pejzaż za oknem. Europejskie widokówki filmowe – wprowadzenie
Landscape through a window. European film postcards – an introduction

Author(s): Barbara Kita
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Photography, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The text is an introduction to issues related to landscape in fi lm; it proposes both methodology and interpretation. Searching for research inspirations regarding the specifi cityof fi lm landscape, the author refers to painting and philosophical tradition, fi rst of all,emphasizing the increasing signifi cance of landscape in fi lm studies.Based on the example of the mediterraneity (mediterraneité), she shows how landscape „acts” in fi lm, fi lling various roles: that of an attractive fi lm postcard, a sort of decorative background for the protagonists’ actions, or of the breaking of a stereotypical valorization as, for instance, in thrillers. Th e author also proposes a classifi cation of fi lm landscape, summarizing a codifi cation of fi lm views. She acknowledges the necessity to undertake an interdisciplinary approach in studies of fi lm landscapes in the cinema.

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