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Andrzej Wajda
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Andrzej Wajda
- Introduction (Andrzej Wajda)
- Room 2: Wajda and the Fine Arts
- Room 3: Wajda's Polish Chronicle
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Introduction (Andrzej Wajda)
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Room 2: Wajda and the Fine Arts
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Room 3: Wajda's Polish Chronicle
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John Boorman
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Color
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Pere Portabella
Andrzej Wajda
Introduction (Andrzej Wajda)
Introduction (Andrzej Wajda)
Trained as a painter and always attentive to the poetry of words and images, Andrzej Wajda (1926-2016) was a constantly developing stylist and the great chronicler of Poland's twentieth-century history. This room features a portrait film of Wajda's widow and closest collaborator, costume and production designer Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda. The many questions addressed in the film shape the structure of what follows. Room two explores Wajda's enduring relationship with the Fine Arts (especially painting) from the period of socialist realism through the end of his career. Room three instead proceeds through a a series of linked thematic clusters, from Wartime Memories to A Usable Past, Movement and Montage, and finally The Spirit of Solidarity.
Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda Portrait Film
Portrait film of Wajda's widow and closest collaborator, costume and production designer Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda
Room 3: Wajda's Polish Chronicle
A Usable Past
Ashes and Diamonds (1958) remains Andrzej Wajda's most celebrated film because of its stylistic panache and the way fragmented traditions are continually being evoked and reworked.
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John Boorman
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Color
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Pere Portabella
