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The Art of Czech Animation: A History of Political Dissent and Allegory
Contributor(s): Whybray, Adam (Author)

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 ISBN: 1350104590     ISBN-13: 9781350104594
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
OUR PRICE: $141.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Animation (see Also Film - Genres - Animated)
- Performing Arts | Film - Genres - Animated
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" L (1.40 lbs) 288 pages
 
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The Art of Czech Animation is the first comprehensive English language account of Czech animation from the 1920s to the present, covering both 2D animation forms and CGI, with a focus upon the stop-motion films of Jirí Trnka, Hermína Týrlová, Jan Svankmajer and Jirí Barta.

Stop-motion is a highly embodied form of animation and The Art of Czech Animation develops a new materialist approach to studying these films. Instead of imposing top-down Film Theory onto its case studies, the book's analysis is built up from close readings of the films themselves, with particular attention given to their non-human objects.

In a time of environmental crisis, the unique way Czech animated films use allegory to de-centre the human world and give a voice to non-human aspects of the natural world points us towards a means by which culture can increase ecological awareness in viewers.

Such a refutation of a human-centred view of the world was contrary to communist orthodoxy and it remains so under late-stage consumer-capitalism. As such, these films do not only offer beautiful examples of allegory, but stand as models of political dissent. The Art of Czech Animation is a unique endeavour of film philosophy to provide a materialist appraisal of a heretofore neglected strand of Central-Eastern European cinema.
 
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