Middle-aged Andrzej takes a dreamlike journey to his troubled past, trying to understand his friend’s suicide.Read More »
Tadeusz Konwicki
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Tadeusz Konwicki – Jak daleko stad, jak blisko AKA How Far, How Near (1972)
1971-1980DramaPolandTadeusz Konwicki -
Tadeusz Konwicki – Ostatni dzien lata AKA The Last Day of Summer (1958)
1951-1960ArthouseDramaPolandTadeusz KonwickiQuote:
There is something vaguely mythical to the manner in which Konwicki introduces his characters, both to us and to each other, lapped as much by the ethereal eeriness of the score as by the seaside winds that send their hair aflutter. When they tend to speak to each other in whispers, it seems almost out of respect for the otherworldly aura of their locale, as though it is to their eyes as improbably beautiful as Konwicki’s camera renders it to us. They—referred to in the credits only as “He” and “She”, mysterious and mythical in themselves—do not whisper much; there’s a clear silent heritage at work here, conferring meaning to the motion of faces and the movement of the camera along this spectral shore.Read More » -
Tadeusz Konwicki – Salto (1965)
1961-1970ArthouseDramaPolandTadeusz KonwickiQuote:
In this rich and subtle dream-play, a man arrives in a small country town and demands sanctuary from an unspecified threat. But who is he, why do people remember him differently, and can he really perform miracles? Many Poles consider this Cybulski’s greatest performance and he’s certainly on riveting form, especially when performing a ‘salto’ folk dance towards the end.Read More »