Polish Cinema
 

Have you seen any Polish movies?
Some good directors to start with:

Krzysztof Kieślowski
Wojciech Has
Andrzej Wajda
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Tadeusz Konwicki
Krzysztof Zanussi

Have to see movies by:
Andrzej Munk
Janusz Morgenstern

When it comes to newer flicks I really liked Róża and think that both Las and Pora Umierać are great masterpieces. Too bad they haven't been advertised at all unlike some crappy romance comedy garbage.

EDIT: Whoopsy daisy! It seems that I put it into wrong category. It should be in General Movie Discussion. Any Mod nice enough to move it?

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Unfortunately, other than Kieslowski, I have heard of none of these people. First names to come to my mind were Roman Polanski and Jerzy Skolimowski. As far as 21st century stuff goes, there's a film I watched streaming on Netflix a few weeks ago by Polish director Lech Majewski called The Mill and the Cross. It was definitely impressive, though watching it on a computer screen might be doing it a disservice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzbbYinuTWc

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I forgot about Polański. Repulsion and The Pianist are great. Haven't seen any movie by Majewski but The Mill and the Cross is on my watchlist. :)

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It's French/Polish but one of my all time favourites is from the Three Colours trilogy:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Bluevidcov.jpg

Big fan of Krzysztof Kieślowski's work.

And also like:

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The Hour-Glass Sanatorium

Not too keen on the following film but some might like it:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ilmPoster.jpeg

I've only seen films by two of those directors:

Krzysztof Kieślowski:
Three Colours Trilogy
The Double Life of Veronique
The Decalogue
A Short Film About Killing

Andrzej Wajda:
Canal

I do own Wajda's Ashes and Diamonds and Has' Hourglass Sanatorium and The Saragossa Manuscript. But I haven't gotten around to watching them yet.

I look forward to checking out some of the work by the directors listed I'd never heard of.

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Mother Joan of the Angels is great. You should see Pociąg. From Three Colours Trilogy, the Blue I liked the less. Red is a true masterpiece.

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The most recent Polish movie I've seen is Konsul (1989), a satirical caper film starring Piotr Fronczewski, aka Franek Kimono:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsch28L9TLk

I guess you could say I'm saving Kieslowski for a rainy day. I haven't seen any of his movies yet but I've heard so many good things about the Colors trilogy that I'll watch it some time when I'm feeling jaded about movies.

Wojciech Has - I've seen (and like) The Saragossa Manuscript. The style feels very derivative of Bergman to me but it's a worthy adaptation of Jan Potocki's classic novel.

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I'm sorry to say the only Polish film I've ever seen was Polanski's Knife in the Water.

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I know this is an old post, but I would recommend Sexmission/seksmisja (1984). Great film, It's considered a classic in polish cinema. I really shouldn't say more.

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Yep. It's alright. I prefer artsy stuff, tho.

Co-incidentally I was just reading about Ida, the latest film by Paweł Pawlikowski. Looks interesting. Have you seen it Mr Min?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w881Fsn7bwI

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Yep. It's one of the best Polish films of the last decade IMO.

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ok thanks. I'll have a look at it

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Very nice – I like the lettering:).

The Three Colours films are my only exposure as well. I particularly enjoyed the DVD interview with Kieślowski where he talks about the backbreaking work ethic he was used to and I remember how distinctive and unusual I found the language.

My favourite is Three Colours Red.

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I did see "Ashes and Diamonds" but didn't care for it.

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I've seen only two Polish movies, i think. The Mill and the Cross and The Roe's Room, both by Lech Majewski. Two very impressive movies!

Edit: I just remembered that i've seen Wajda's Korczak as well.

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I liked the Mamoru Oshii movie made with Polish crew. Its a Polish film with a Japanese director:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...icalpolish.png

Its a very artistically accomplished film.

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I second Avalon (2001).

I really need to see the three color films.