2017
DOI: 10.19195/0860-116x.38.7
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„High Noon” at the Solidarity Corral: Wajda’s „Wałęsa” and the Classic Western

Abstract: In 1989 the iconic figure of Marshall Will Kane from the classic Western High Noon was effectively used by the Solidarity opposition for aposter during the campaign for the historic June 4 elections of that year. Almost aquarter of acentury later, Andrzej Wajda released his Wałęsa: Man of Hope 2013, which more or less concludes at that historic turning point. One thing that relates Wajda’s film to Fred Zinnemann’s is that both can be considered foundation myths. In this article foundation myths from classic We… Show more

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