Cinematic Echoes of Covenants Past and Present National Identity in the Historical Films of Steven Spielberg and Andrzej Wajda

• Main Author: Garbowski, Christopher (Author)
• Other Authors: Kocur, Miroslaw (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Frankfurt a.M. Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften 2018
• Edition: 1st, New ed.
• Series: Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance 10
• Subjects: Spielberg, Steven, > 1946-; Wajda, Andrzej, > 1926-2016; historické filmy; národní identita; filmoví režiséři; historical films; national identity; film directors; elektronické knihy; electronic books

The author analyzes appropriately selected historical films of Steven Spielberg and Andrzej Wajda with respect to historical memory in relation to film. Cultural and moral foundations of national identity are also taken into account. Spielberg films particularly valuable for this comparative analysi...