TY - JOUR
TI - “Nobody Knows that There is a Soul under the Sex Appeal”. Literary Song in Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s Autumn Girl
AU - Biblis, Pola
TI - “Nobody Knows that There is a Soul under the Sex Appeal”. Literary Song in Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s Autumn Girl
AB - The article aims to examine the role of sung poetry in the film Autumn Girl (Bo we mnie jest seks, 2021), inspired by the life of Kalina Jędrusik. Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, the director, incorporates the genre of musical, featuring songs which Jędrusik performed throughout her career – mostly written by Jeremi Przybora and Jerzy Wasowski from the renowned Elderly Gentlemen’s Cabaret (Kabaret Starszych Panów). The movie is loosely based on historical facts: it is a rather feminist deconstruction of Jędrusik’s pop-cultural persona and the 1960s in Poland. I analyse how new contexts help to reinterpret classical sung poetry. Songs serve as character exposition, reinforce the feminist reading of the movie and enrich the original lyrics with new meanings. Additionally, to contextualise the issue, I discuss the tradition of Polish musicals and the Elderly Gentlemen’s Cabaret.
VL - 2023
IS - Volume 20 Issue 2
PY - 2023
SN - 2083-7658
C1 - 2353-1991
SP - 174
EP - 188
DO - 10.4467/23531991KK.23.017.18357
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/konteksty-kultury/article/nikt-nie-wie-ze-jest-pod-seksem-i-dusza-piosenka-literacka-w-filmie-bo-we-mnie-jest-seks-katarzyny-klimkiewicz
KW - Kalina Jędrusik
KW - Elderly Gentlemen’s Cabaret
KW - Autumn Girl
KW - film
KW - musical
KW - sung poetry
KW - Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
KW - Polish Peoples Republic
KW - Polish cinema