Pejzaże głębin : o osobnych światach Lucile Hadžihalilović

Abstract

Th e author performs an analysis of Innocence and Evolution – the films of Lucile Hadžihalilović, which she proposes to treat as a diptych due to similarities in the thematic layer and plot, as well as signifi cant parallels in the construction of presented worlds. The ambiguous morphology of the surroundings and meaningful landscape shots are viewed in two dimensions: on the one hand, as references to the structure of myth, fairytale and utopia; on the other hand, as elements of the depiction of nature. Besides forest, sea or underwater landscapes, this way of depiction includes, among others, poetic pictures of atmospheric phenomena and observations of vegetation and animal life, which are endowed with symbolic meaning. Among her sources of the depiction of nature, the author indicates documentary fi lms of Jean Painlevé and the fascination with an element of water present in the works of surrealists. Moreover, Lucile Hadžihalilović approaches the aquatic imagination as a manifestation of underwater optics, which performs a symbolic function.