Between Dream and Reality: «The Saragossa Manuscript»

The book features a detailed analysis and interpretation of «The Saragossa Manuscript» (1964) by Wojciech Jerzy Has. The interpretative key is the director's reference to the aesthetics of various art trends, starting with baroque, through romanticism, symbolism, surrealism and the culture of Orient.

Autorentext

Iwona Grod received her doctorate from the Department of Film, Television and New Media of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznä (Poland). Her research interests include literature, film, visual arts (paintings and photography), new media and music.

Inhalt

Polish cinema of 1964/1965 - Background of the realisation - Script and shooting script - Jan Potocki and his masterpiece - Secret «hieroglyph» - A Baroque feast - Oriental dream - Surreal fantasy - Krzysztof Penderecki's musical experiment - Manuscript «found abroad» - «Perceiving a Particle, you Perceive Depth»