"Brzoza" – filmowy "Gesamtkunstwerk" Ante Babai
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Date
2012
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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"The Birch Tree" – Ante Babaja’s film "Gesamtkunstwerk"
Abstract
The Birch Tree (1967), directed by Ante Babaja, is one of the most outstanding achievements
of Croatian film modernism. It touches on the problem of rural life, which is unusual
for film modernism. The work is inspired by Slavko Kolar’s rural prose, naive paintings by
artists from Hlebine and north Croatian folk rites and songs. In this film, Babaja presents
a naturalistic interpretation of rural existence, where the human spirit is stifled by dull material
and inert nature. The Birch Tree is also an example of a film Gesamtkunstwerk that
combines notonly the elements of various arts (painting, literature, music, theatre), but also
two historical-cultural models of artistic creation: the modernist and the folk.
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Babaja, Croatian film, Gesamtkunstwerk, Naturalism, Modernism
Citation
Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2012, nr 2, s.213–230
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978-83-232-2409-9