MovieWorld_ws: Opowiesci weekendowe / Weekend Stories: Damski interes / A Woman’s Business (1996), Slaba wiara / Little Faith (1997), Dusza spiewa / The Soul Sings (1997), Urok wszeteczny / Deceptive Charm (1998), Ostatni krag / The Last Circle (1998), Linia opozniajaca / Dilatory Line (1998), Niepisane prawa / Unwritten Law (1998), Skarby ukryte / The Hidden Treasure (2000) 3 x DVD9

суббота, 27 ноября 2021 г.

Opowiesci weekendowe / Weekend Stories: Damski interes / A Woman’s Business (1996), Slaba wiara / Little Faith (1997), Dusza spiewa / The Soul Sings (1997), Urok wszeteczny / Deceptive Charm (1998), Ostatni krag / The Last Circle (1998), Linia opozniajaca / Dilatory Line (1998), Niepisane prawa / Unwritten Law (1998), Skarby ukryte / The Hidden Treasure (2000) 3 x DVD9

Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi has spent the better part of the last 50 years using movies to wrangle with the deep questions of self. In the process, he's provided a model for a generation of compatriots, including the late Krzysztof Kieslowski. But Kieslowski surpassed his mentor, creating internationally acclaimed films of astonishing resonance and philosophical subtlety, like The Decalogue and the "Three Colors" trilogy. Zanussi is held in less regard by the global cineastes who are aware of him, perhaps because his work is less stylish and nuanced than Kieslowski's. Zanussi's Weekend Stories has been compared to The Decalogue, in that both projects were produced for Polish television, and both present a series of brief narratives in which unrelated characters face spiritual crises, but Zanussi's mini-movies are merely good TV, not good cinema. The eight episodes of Weekend Stories, which aired between 1996 and 2000, take place in post-Cold War Poland, among various city dwellers who often travel to the same country house for recreation and soul-searching.