Iconic Turns: Nation and Religion in Eastern European Cinema since 1989

Iconic Turns: Nation and Religion in Eastern European Cinema since 1989......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Contributors
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Acknowledgments
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A Note on Transliteration
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Liliya Berezhnaya and Christian Schmitt: Introduction......Page 16
1. 1989—and the Notion of Eastern Europe......Page 18
2. Nation and Religion: Complementary Relations......Page 21
3. Imagining Nation and Religion in Cinema......Page 26
4. Memory, Trauma, Film......Page 34
5. About the Contributions......Page 37
Bibliography......Page 42
Hans-Joachim Schlegel: Religion and Politics in Soviet and  Eastern European Cinema: A Historical Survey......Page 48
Anti-Clericalism in Early Soviet Film......Page 49
Secularizations of the Left Wing Avant-garde......Page 52
Soviet Centralism and Local Traditions......Page 55
Orthodox Iconography and the Cult of Stalin......Page 57
Stalin’s Long-lasting Heritage......Page 59
Strategies of Criticism......Page 61
The Renaissance of Transcendental Spirituality......Page 63
The Rediscovery of Religion after 1989:
Between Exploitation and Self-Determination......Page 67
Filmography......Page 71
Bibliography......Page 73
Part I: Institutional Powers......Page 78
Stephen M. Norris: Blessed Films: The Russian Orthodox Church and Patriotic Culture in the 2000s......Page 80
Guiding Light: A Saint’s Life Onscreen......Page 81
Patriarchal Blessings:
The Orthodox Social Contract and Post-Soviet Life......Page 88
Bibliography......Page 93
Natascha Drubek: Russian Film Premieres in 2010/11: Sacralizing National History and Nationalizing Religion......Page 96
Holidays and Film Premieres: A Symbolic Punctuation of Time......Page 97
Predstoyaniye: The Film and the Word......Page 98
Attendance and Reception of Predstoyaniye (17/22 April 2010)......Page 104
Tsitadel (5 May 2011; originally planned for 4 November 2010)......Page 106
Pop (5 April 2010—Easter Sunday)......Page 107
Filmography......Page 110
Bibliography......Page 111
Liliya Berezhnaya: Longing for the Empire: State and Orthodox Church in Russian Religious Films......Page 114
“Imperial and Religious Turns”
in Russian Films of the Last Two Decades......Page 116
Russian Empire as a Cultural Heritage......Page 120
Russian State and the Orthodox Church—
Ideal Symphonia or Eternal Competition?......Page 123
Byzance après Byzance?......Page 128
Filmography......Page 132
Bibliography......Page 133
John-Paul Himka: A Cinematic Churchman: Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky in Oles Yanchuk’s Vladyka Andrey......Page 136
Sheptytsky and Secular Powers......Page 144
Sheptytsky and His Family......Page 146
Sheptytsky and a Betrayer......Page 148
Bibliography......Page 150
Part II: Sacred and Profane Images......Page 152
Eva Binder: Rethinking History: Heroes, Saints, and Martyrs in Contemporary Russian Cinema......Page 154
Historical Films, State Interest and the Russian Film Market......Page 155
On the Concept of Martyrdom......Page 158
Admiral: Historical Revisionism in the Digital “Cinema of Attractions”......Page 161
Tsar: Alternative Lessons from History?......Page 165
Filmography......Page 171
Bibliography......Page 172
Jan Čulík: The Godless Czechs? Cinema, Religion, and Czech National Identity......Page 174
Prologue: Religion in Czech Films from the Communist Era......Page 176
Spiritually-inspired Films......Page 181
Religious Motifs After the Fall of Communism......Page 184
The Catholic Church as an Instrument of Oppression......Page 185
Religion’s Association with Death......Page 187
The Rise of Esoteric Faiths......Page 188
Jewish Themes......Page 192
In Conclusion......Page 193
Filmography......Page 194
Bibliography......Page 195
Christian Schmitt: Beyond the Surface, Beneath the Skin: Immanence and Transcendence in Györgi Pálfi’s Films......Page 198
Film and Religion: Immanence and Transcendence......Page 199
Hukkle—Beyond the Surface of the Everyday......Page 201
Taxidermia—Beneath the Body’s Skin......Page 204
Reality and Fantasy......Page 206
Representing History......Page 210
Filmography......Page 212
Bibliography......Page 213
Part III: Conflict, Trauma, and Memory......Page 214
Maren Röger: Narrating the Shoah in Poland: Post-1989 Movies about Polish-Jewish Relations in Times of German Extermination Politics......Page 216
Cinematic Concepts of History after 1989......Page 217
A Lost Idyll? Polish-Jewish Relations before the Shoah......Page 218
Narrating the Shoah......Page 222
Bibliography......Page 229
Mirosław Przylipiak: Memory, National Identity, and the Cross: Polish Documentary Films about the Smolensk Plane Crash......Page 232
Solidarni 2010: We Are All Here......Page 233
The Revival of Romanticism......Page 235
The Aerial Struggle for Nationhood: Media as the Major Enemy......Page 236
Distrust in the State and the “Muscovite Enemies”......Page 237
Imponderabilia......Page 240
Krzyż: The Struggle for the Cross......Page 242
Bibliography......Page 249
Maria Falina: Religion Visible and Invisible: The Case of Post-Yugoslav Anti-War Films......Page 252
Pred dozdot—Peaceful Protection or Provoked Participation?......Page 254
Lepa sela lepo gore—Serbian Suffering and Sacrifice......Page 257
Turneja—An Alternative Vision of Religion?......Page 262
Bibliography......Page 265
Index
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