@misc{Prusinowski_Piotr_"Żyć, author={Prusinowski, Piotr}, howpublished={online}, publisher={Zielona Góra: Oficyna Wydawnicza Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego}, language={pol}, abstract={William Friedkin achieved success with "The French Connection" (1971), which was a milestone in the history of crime cinema thanks to his proficiency in filming dynamic action sequences in the urban setting. According to the American director, in the scenery of the grim and shapeless "concrete jungle" the lines between good and evil tend to blur and policemen often become similar to criminals.}, abstract={This ethical ambivalence is even more evident in Friedkin`s later film, "To Live and Die in L.A." (1985), in which two Secret Service officers continually bend the law in their attempts to track down a counterfeiter. Friedkin set this story in the city filmed through the prism of the 1980s aesthetics, which merges emotional coldness with affectation and superficiality. A mosaic and kaleidoscopic image of Los Angeles, sometimes similar to a music video, is also constructed like the inner landscape of the human mind during the specific period. Thus, "To Live and Die in L.A." can be perceived as a socio-cultural study of America during the Reagan era.}, type={rozdział w książce}, title={"Żyć i umrzeć w Los Angeles" Williama Friedkina - wielkomiejski mikrokosmos lat 80. = William Friedkin`s "To live and die in L.A." - the urban microcosm of the 1980s}, keywords={film amerykański, kryminał, 20 w.}, }