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Book Reviews by Olivia Hărşan
Screening the Past, 2015
A review of Dominique Nasta’s unique research, presented in her book Contemporary Romanian Cinema... more A review of Dominique Nasta’s unique research, presented in her book Contemporary Romanian Cinema: The History of an Unexpected Miracle (2013), into the uncharted territory of Romanian cinema, both old and new, with a focus on the film industry and production, Communist restriction and the recent emergence of the Romanian New Wave.
Screening the Past, 2013
A review examining András Bálint Kovács’ book The Cinema of Béla Tarr: The Circle Closes (2013), ... more A review examining András Bálint Kovács’ book The Cinema of Béla Tarr: The Circle Closes (2013), paying close attention to the friendship between the author and filmmaker that has resulted in the compilation of many years of research based on personal observations.
Screening the Past, 2013
A book review providing an in-depth analysis of Jacques Rancière’s reading of Tarr's vision as a... more A book review providing an in-depth analysis of Jacques Rancière’s reading of Tarr's vision as a filmmaker, and the manner in which multiple meanings are portrayed on screen. This edition was translated from French by Erik Beranek. Also translated and published in Honk Kong zine Cinezen www.cinezen.hk/?p=2364
Conference Presentations by Olivia Hărşan
Academic and critical writings on the cinema of Béla Tarr have predominantly circulated around qu... more Academic and critical writings on the cinema of Béla Tarr have predominantly circulated around questions on existentialism, film realism and the mundane. But Tarr’s films extend beyond realism and slow cinema and into an otherworldly territory where haunted histories possess characters and space. These otherworldly tendencies were discussed in reference to Tarr’s 7-hour art-house drama Sátántangó (1994) and placed in parallel with the theory behind temporal dislocation as devised by Romanian writer, philosopher and religious historian Mircea Eliade. Conference theme: Gothic Migrations.
My MA research was discussed in front of the humanities faculty and other postgraduate students. ... more My MA research was discussed in front of the humanities faculty and other postgraduate students. The presentation centred largely on the "ghostly" presences in Tarr's Sátántangó (1994) and cross-referenced against the "otherworldly" philosophies of two Romanian émigré writers and philosophers Mircea Eliade and Ioan Petru Culianu. This paper was re-structured for presentation at the International Gothic Association Biennial Conference: see further information above.
Papers by Olivia Hărşan
Screen education, Jun 1, 2015
Investigating the manner in which Polanski adapts Shakespeare’s tragedy onto the screen, with a p... more Investigating the manner in which Polanski adapts Shakespeare’s tragedy onto the screen, with a particular focus on the haunting and other sinister qualities portrayed.
Senses of Cinema, 2014
A director's profile providing both an overview of Romanian auteur Lucian Pintilie's personal lif... more A director's profile providing both an overview of Romanian auteur Lucian Pintilie's personal life and the challenges he faced as a dissident filmmaker during Romania's communist years, while also examining his incredible contribution to Romanian film history through his extensive filmography.
Articles by Olivia Hărşan
Le Giornate del Cinema Muto - The Pordenone Silent Film Festival, 2021
Biographies and film notes on previously unhistoricised female screenwriters Maie B. Havey and El... more Biographies and film notes on previously unhistoricised female screenwriters Maie B. Havey and Elizabeth R. Carpenter written for Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2021 co-authored with John Jacobsen and María Hernández.
Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia, 2016
An article exploring the meaning behind Theodor Pištěk's costume creations featured in three film... more An article exploring the meaning behind Theodor Pištěk's costume creations featured in three films screened at the Czech and Slovak Film festival of Australia 2016 programme: Marketa Lazarová (dir. František Vláčil, 1967), Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella (dir. Václav Vorlíček’s, 1973) and Cutting it Short (dir. Jiří Menzel, 1980).
Ulysses' Gaze, 2015
An interview with the Romanian-Australian actress Clara Vodă, which explores her experiences in t... more An interview with the Romanian-Australian actress Clara Vodă, which explores her experiences in the Romanian theatre and film industries and delves into further analysis on the Romanian identity and the woman migrant parallel to the complexity of the characters that she has portrayed throughout her diverse career. This interview was published into an e-book: see link below.
Rabelais, 2013
From February to August 2013 I wrote retrospective film reviews for the La Trobe University magaz... more From February to August 2013 I wrote retrospective film reviews for the La Trobe University magazine Rabelais. Film reviews for Marketa Lazarová (František Vláčil, 1967), Solaris (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972), The Saddest Music in the World (dir. Guy Maddin, 2003) and Naked City (dir. Jules Dassin, 1948)
An article written for educational screen studies magazine Screen Education. This article investi... more An article written for educational screen studies magazine Screen Education. This article investigates the narrative devices implemented by Polanski in his film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1971), with particular focus on the haunting and sinister themes portrayed, alongside the very personal tragedies faced by the filmmaker only years prior to the film's production.
Screening the Past, 2015
A review of Dominique Nasta’s unique research, presented in her book Contemporary Romanian Cinema... more A review of Dominique Nasta’s unique research, presented in her book Contemporary Romanian Cinema: The History of an Unexpected Miracle (2013), into the uncharted territory of Romanian cinema, both old and new, with a focus on the film industry and production, Communist restriction and the recent emergence of the Romanian New Wave.
Screening the Past, 2013
A review examining András Bálint Kovács’ book The Cinema of Béla Tarr: The Circle Closes (2013), ... more A review examining András Bálint Kovács’ book The Cinema of Béla Tarr: The Circle Closes (2013), paying close attention to the friendship between the author and filmmaker that has resulted in the compilation of many years of research based on personal observations.
Screening the Past, 2013
A book review providing an in-depth analysis of Jacques Rancière’s reading of Tarr's vision as a... more A book review providing an in-depth analysis of Jacques Rancière’s reading of Tarr's vision as a filmmaker, and the manner in which multiple meanings are portrayed on screen. This edition was translated from French by Erik Beranek. Also translated and published in Honk Kong zine Cinezen www.cinezen.hk/?p=2364
Academic and critical writings on the cinema of Béla Tarr have predominantly circulated around qu... more Academic and critical writings on the cinema of Béla Tarr have predominantly circulated around questions on existentialism, film realism and the mundane. But Tarr’s films extend beyond realism and slow cinema and into an otherworldly territory where haunted histories possess characters and space. These otherworldly tendencies were discussed in reference to Tarr’s 7-hour art-house drama Sátántangó (1994) and placed in parallel with the theory behind temporal dislocation as devised by Romanian writer, philosopher and religious historian Mircea Eliade. Conference theme: Gothic Migrations.
My MA research was discussed in front of the humanities faculty and other postgraduate students. ... more My MA research was discussed in front of the humanities faculty and other postgraduate students. The presentation centred largely on the "ghostly" presences in Tarr's Sátántangó (1994) and cross-referenced against the "otherworldly" philosophies of two Romanian émigré writers and philosophers Mircea Eliade and Ioan Petru Culianu. This paper was re-structured for presentation at the International Gothic Association Biennial Conference: see further information above.
Screen education, Jun 1, 2015
Investigating the manner in which Polanski adapts Shakespeare’s tragedy onto the screen, with a p... more Investigating the manner in which Polanski adapts Shakespeare’s tragedy onto the screen, with a particular focus on the haunting and other sinister qualities portrayed.
Senses of Cinema, 2014
A director's profile providing both an overview of Romanian auteur Lucian Pintilie's personal lif... more A director's profile providing both an overview of Romanian auteur Lucian Pintilie's personal life and the challenges he faced as a dissident filmmaker during Romania's communist years, while also examining his incredible contribution to Romanian film history through his extensive filmography.
Le Giornate del Cinema Muto - The Pordenone Silent Film Festival, 2021
Biographies and film notes on previously unhistoricised female screenwriters Maie B. Havey and El... more Biographies and film notes on previously unhistoricised female screenwriters Maie B. Havey and Elizabeth R. Carpenter written for Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2021 co-authored with John Jacobsen and María Hernández.
Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia, 2016
An article exploring the meaning behind Theodor Pištěk's costume creations featured in three film... more An article exploring the meaning behind Theodor Pištěk's costume creations featured in three films screened at the Czech and Slovak Film festival of Australia 2016 programme: Marketa Lazarová (dir. František Vláčil, 1967), Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella (dir. Václav Vorlíček’s, 1973) and Cutting it Short (dir. Jiří Menzel, 1980).
Ulysses' Gaze, 2015
An interview with the Romanian-Australian actress Clara Vodă, which explores her experiences in t... more An interview with the Romanian-Australian actress Clara Vodă, which explores her experiences in the Romanian theatre and film industries and delves into further analysis on the Romanian identity and the woman migrant parallel to the complexity of the characters that she has portrayed throughout her diverse career. This interview was published into an e-book: see link below.
Rabelais, 2013
From February to August 2013 I wrote retrospective film reviews for the La Trobe University magaz... more From February to August 2013 I wrote retrospective film reviews for the La Trobe University magazine Rabelais. Film reviews for Marketa Lazarová (František Vláčil, 1967), Solaris (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972), The Saddest Music in the World (dir. Guy Maddin, 2003) and Naked City (dir. Jules Dassin, 1948)
An article written for educational screen studies magazine Screen Education. This article investi... more An article written for educational screen studies magazine Screen Education. This article investigates the narrative devices implemented by Polanski in his film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1971), with particular focus on the haunting and sinister themes portrayed, alongside the very personal tragedies faced by the filmmaker only years prior to the film's production.