Open AccessO wielogatunkowości filmów pełnometrażowych Jana Švankmajera
Author(s) -
Marta Maciejewska
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta universitatis wratislaviensis. literatura i kultura popularna
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0867-7441
DOI - 10.19195/0867-7441.24.2
Subject(s) - filmmaking , vision , feature (linguistics) , comedy , feature film , film genre , art , narrative , czech , movie theater , film director , literature , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , anthropology
On genre-crossing in Jan Švankmajer’s feature filmsJan Švankmajer, a Czech film director and artist is known mostly for his short animated films. In 1994, however, a change in his filmmaking career took place — he devoted himself to working only on feature films. This change of medium is connected both to the length of these films, and using language, narration and genre features typical of feature films. What is important, Švankmajer does not adjust his artistic visions to all the directives of a certain genre. Rather, the director chooses some elements of these genres, and creates new, hybrid qualities. Genres that have the biggest impact on his feature films are: horror, comedy, and speculative fiction.