Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn as Radu Jude’s ars poetica
Rezumat
Abstract: The article explores Radu Jude’s 2021 film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, considering it as a summation of the aesthetic and thematic concerns pursued by the Romanian director in his earlier films. The article also includes a discussion of Jude’s short film Semiotic Plastic, which was shot at the same time as Bad Luck Banging.
Keywords: Radu Jude, Romanian cinema, Bucharest, fascism, vaudeville.
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