Murky Images. Essays on Literature, Film and Advertising
Paw¿owska-J¿drzyk, Brygida
How do we know that the title character of Edgar Allan Poe's famous "The Man of the Crowd" is actually the devil? Why did a propaganda film in the Soviet Union refer back to the Old Testament? How does contemporary apocryphal cinema draw on sacred imagery and what is the result? How to make a plain loaf of bread an object of lust in a society of prosperity and abundance? What links footwear adverts with posters from the Stalin era? - You will ...