Politics, Art and Commitment in the East European Cinema

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction Film Art and Social Commitment....Pages 1-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Introduction....Pages 25-27
Pathos and Irony in East European Films....Pages 28-48
The Czech Difference....Pages 49-56
Discussion....Pages 57-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Introduction....Pages 69-72
Toward an East European Cinemarxism?....Pages 73-99
The Fickle Dialectic: Realism and the Cinematic Hero in Films from Socialist Europe....Pages 100-130
Yugoslav Marxist Humanism and the Films of Dušan Makavejev....Pages 131-148
Discussion....Pages 149-161
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Introduction....Pages 165-168
Andrzej Wajda’s Vision of One Country’s Past and Present....Pages 169-188
Miklós Jancsó Decline and Fall?....Pages 189-210
Miloš Forman The Style and the Man....Pages 211-224
The Short Film in Eastern Europe: Art and Politics of Cartoons and Puppets....Pages 225-251
Discussion....Pages 252-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-314