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Aristophanes is revered as the „father of comedy.” He wrote over forty works, of which eleven reached us. Centuries have passed, but the comedies of Aristophanes continue to live. The political events that Aristophanes criticized in his works have long faded into the past, but the author enjoys the inexhaustible comic ingenuity of the author, his wit and ingenious courage with which he derives the...

King of Navarra, Ferdinand, with three close associates, vows to spend three years in an unceasing study of scholarly works. In the name of science, the monarch vows to limit himself in sleep and food, as well as spend the entire long term without communicating with women. Ferdinand is sure that only mortification of the flesh can lead to significant discoveries and conclusions. The king issues a decree...

W książce zestawiono dwa momenty przełomu ustrojowego, co pozwoliło na rozpatrzenie polskiej historii XX wieku w perspektywie nie tylko gwałtownych przekształceń, lecz także długiego trwania społecznych, politycznych i kulturowych narracji, które znalazły swoje odzwierciedlenie zarówno w wybranych polskich produkcjach filmowych, jak i organizacji przemysłu filmowego czy oczekiwaniach widowni wobec...