Between units and producers : organization of creative work in
Czechoslovak State Cinema 1945-1990

C 2012

Between units and producers : organization of creative work in Czechoslovak State Cinema 1945-1990

SZCZEPANIK, Petr

Basic information

Original name

Between units and producers : organization of creative work in Czechoslovak State Cinema 1945-1990

Authors

SZCZEPANIK, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Kraków, Restart zespolów filmowych : Film Units : Restart, p. 271-312, 42 pp. 2012

Publisher

Ha!art

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

Art, architecture, cultural heritage

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

Ha!art

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/12:00058329

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-83-62574-73-5

Keywords (in Czech)

český film; Barrandov; tvůrčí skupiny

Keywords in English

Czech cinema; Barrandov studios; creative units

Abstract

V originále

So-called state-socialist mode of film production was in fact a peculiar hybrid of local, regional and global models: it was prepared by the Nazi cultural politics (the idea of centralized "dramaturgy" which enabled ideological control) and Aryanization (which made the post-war nationalization easier). After 1945 and later, after 1948 (when Communists took power in Czechoslovakia), it further developed according to local (Bata shoe factory, inspired by American scientific management) and global (Soviet system, silently inspired by Hollywood vertically integrated studios) models. These three levels of organizational tradition - both in terms of production mode and work culture - persisted as mutually interacting ingredients of the state monopoly until the late 1980s and even on. The aim of the paper is to articulate a comparative model for historical analysis of nationalized cinemas in the region, using the Barrandov studios in Prague as an example. The key question it asks is: how was creativity and day-to-day production of films tactically managed in a system where the only real producer was the state? What organizational instruments had to be developed to balance the centralized control with necessary creative freedom?

Links

GAP409/10/1361, research and development project

Name: Historie ateliérů na Barrandově z hlediska organizace a kultury filmové výroby

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, History of Barrandov Studios in Terms of Organization and Culture of Film Production

Citovat

SZCZEPANIK, Petr. Between units and producers : organization of creative work in Czechoslovak State Cinema 1945-1990. In Adamczak, Marcin; Marecki, Piotr; Malatyński, Marcin. Restart zespolów filmowych : Film Units : Restart. Kraków: Ha!art, 2012, p. 271-312. ISBN 978-83-62574-73-5.

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SZCZEPANIK, Petr. Between units and producers : organization of creative work in Czechoslovak State Cinema 1945-1990. In Adamczak, Marcin; Marecki, Piotr; Malaty\'nski, Marcin. \textit{Restart zespolów filmowych : Film Units : Restart}. Kraków: Ha!art, 2012, p.~271-312. ISBN~978-83-62574-73-5.

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