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Auteur(s) : Whybray, Adam
Titre(s) : The art of Czech animation [Texte imprimé] : a history of political dissent and allegory / Adam Whybray
Publication : London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020
Description matérielle : xii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-280), filmography (273-280) and index
The Art of Czech Animation is the first comprehensive English language account of
Czech animation from the 1920s to the present, covering both 2D animation forms and
CGI, with a focus upon the stop-motion films of Jiri Trnka, Hermina Tyrlova, Jan Svankmajer
and Jiri Barta. Stop-motion is a highly embodied form of animation and The Art of
Czech Animation develops a new materialist approach to studying these films. Instead
of imposing top-down Film Theory onto its case studies, the book's analysis is built
up from close readings of the films themselves, with particular attention given to
their non-human objects. In a time of environmental crisis, the unique way Czech animated
films use allegory to de-centre the human world and give a voice to non-human aspects
of the natural world points us towards a means by which culture can increase ecological
awareness in viewers. Such a refutation of a human-centred view of the world was contrary
to communist orthodoxy and it remains so under late-stage consumer-capitalism. As
such, these films do not only offer beautiful examples of allegory, but stand as models
of political dissent. The Art of Czech Animation is a unique endeavour of film philosophy
to provide a materialist appraisal of a heretofore neglected strand of Central-Eastern
European cinema
Sujet(s) : Trnka, Jiří (1912-1969)
Týrlová, Hermína (1900-1993)
Švankmajer, Jan (1934-....)
Barta, Jirí (1948-....)
Films d'animation -- République tchèque -- Histoire
Films d'animation -- Aspect politique -- République tchèque
Animaux -- Au cinéma
Nature -- Au cinéma
Indice(s) Dewey :
791.433 4 (23e éd.) = Films d'animation
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1350104590. - ISBN 9781350104594. - ISBN 9781350104655 (erroné). - ISBN 9781350104648
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46586791b
Notice n° :
FRBNF46586791
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