1st Edition
Negative Aesthetics and Political Collapse in Eastern European and Balkan Cinema
By Zoran Samardzija
Copyright 2026
162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
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Negative Aesthetics and Political Collapse in Eastern European and Balkan Cinema examines the theme of political collapse in select contemporary Eastern European and Balkan art cinema and documentaries from the late eighties to the present.
Engaging with debates in Marxism and contemporary film theory about political aesthetics, the book centers around the question of whether we can imagine... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Catastrophe and Utopia: Miklós Jancsó at the End of Communism
3. Absent Totality in the Films of László Nemes
4. The Contested Past and Interminable Present in Romanian Cinema
5. Conclusion: The Future Form of Working through the Past
Index
Biography
Zoran Samardzija is a Professor in the School of Film and Television at Columbia College Chicago, USA. He primarily teaches courses in cinema and television studies. He has published several articles on European and American cinemas. His first book, Post‑Communist Malaise: Cinematic Responses to European Integration, was published in 2020.
