Rashomon: Kinematografia okresu PRL

Abstract

This text deals with the reality of film production in Polish cinematography during the socialist period. The author presents arguments against the common perception of socialist (“evil communists”) and brave anti-socialist, oppositionist film-makers (“our heroes”) as contradictory. The actual field of cinematography was much more nuanced and fluid. What is more, nowadays it is perceived from several different, general perspectives, like in Kurosawa’s classic drama. Therefore, the real state of affairs in Polish cinematography during the previous decades still needs careful scholarly examination and solid archival research.