Rereading New Romanian Cinema: Minimalism, intermediality, and ethics (original) (raw)

This volume on the New Romanian Cinema (NRC) collects varied essays analyzing its defining traits, primarily focusing on modernist, minimalist, and intermedial principles. While several essays contextualize the NRC within transnational and Balkan frameworks, some critical gaps persist, such as the omission of key directors like Radu Jude and a lack of clarity on the NRC's temporal boundaries. Key contributions include an exploration of modernism's roots in Romanian cinema, a study of minimalism's reflection on representation, and a philosophical interpretation of the ethics-aesthetics dialectic. Despite ideological stereotypes and a need for deeper critical inquiry, the volume significantly enhances understanding of the NRC's transnational characteristics and its narrative on post-communist transition.