![]() ![]() The first investigates the construction of ‘post-imperial topographies’ in J’ai pas sommeil and Code inconnu, while the second posits dwelling spaces and their interiors as a form of city space specifically in relation to Caché. The first chapter of the dissertation entitled ‘Post-Imperial Paris’ is divided into two sections. This study investigates the lingering traces of imperial histories, spatialities, narratives and figures that can be located in more contemporary cinema. This thesis engages in the exploration of the largely untold story of the relationship between empire and the cinematic city in Michael Haneke’s Code inconnu (2000) and Caché (2005), Claire Denis’ J’ai pas sommeil (1994) Stephen Frears’ Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Michael Winterbottom’s In This World (2002) and Tony Gatlif’s Exils (2004). More specifically, this study develops a narrative of the intimate connection between the cinema and the city that parts ways from the founding story of the filmic city, which revolves around the birth of the modern metropolis and mobilities of the flâneur. In 1982, claims of plagiarism against Huxley were put up again by Antoni Smuszkiewicz in his book Zaczarowana gra.My doctoral thesis conducts an analysis of post-imperial Paris and London, as represented in the cinema. Smolarski argued Huxley plagiarised his work, however the author never addressed these claims. Hamilton, 1928) include: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, published in 1932. Novels similar to, and inspired by The City of Light and other of Smolarski's literary works, namely Podróż poślubna Pana Hamiltona ( The Honeymoon Trip of Mr. The novel's themes include antimilitarism and pacifism, prevalent after World War I. The dystopic literary work warns against imperialism and barbarism as well as uncontrolled technological advancement. The first of which destroys all civilisation, whilst the second, the whole of planet Earth, instigated by the complicity of its own inhabitants. The novel relays the end of the world by two natural disasters. ![]() The novel entwines the genres of dystopia and catastrophism. Miasto światłości ( The City of Light) is a novel written in 1924 by Mieczysław Smolarski. 1924 novel by Mieczysław Smolarski Miasto światłości ![]()
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