Showing posts with label Polish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Polish. Show all posts

April 28, 2020

Episode 465: The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)

Guest Co-Hosts: Jonathan Owen, Spencer Parsons

We wrap up Polish Month on the Projection Booth with a look at Wojciech Has's The Hourglass Sanatorium. Based on a 1937 book from , the 1973 film stars Jan Nowiki as Josef, a man who travels to the titular sanatorium to see his father who is somewhere between life and death. Things only get stranger from there.

Jonathan Owen and Spencer Parsons join Mike to discuss this unusual film.

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Links:
Buy The Hourglass Sanatorium on Blu-Ray
Buy Sanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno Schulz

Music:
"Galgalim" - Cracow Klezmer Band

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April 22, 2020

Episode 464: Goto, Island of Love (1964)

Guest Co-Hosts: Daniel Bird, Kat Ellinger

Polish month continues with a look at Walerian Borowczyk's Goto, Island of Love. Released in that magical year of 1969, the film tells the tale of a thief (Guy Saint-Jean) on the Island of Goto which is ruled over by Governor Goto III (Pierre Brasseur). After being pitted in armed combat and somehow surviving he is put in charge of the Governor’s dogs, boots, and the killing of flies.

Daniel Bird (Camera Obscura: The Walerian Borowczyk Collection) and Kat Ellinger join Mike to discuss Borowczyk's live action feature debut as well as his early shorts.

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Links:
Buy The Walerian Borowczyk Collection
Buy Goto, Island of Love on UK Blu-Ray
Buy the Boro: Walerian Borowczyk book

Music:
"Concerto No 11 opus 7" - Georg Frideric Handel

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April 8, 2020

Episode 462: Third Part of the Night (1970) / The Devil (1972)

Guest Co-Hosts: Samm Deighan, Kat Ellinger

We continue Polish Month with a look at two films from Andrzej Żuławski. First up is his feature debut, Third Part of the Night (1970) which is a horror thriller regarding lice, the apocalypse, and doubles. We also discuss The Devil (1972) in which a man (Leszek Teleszynski) jailed for regicide is freed, given a straight razor, and pointed to all the people he feels have betrayed him.

Samm Deighan and Rondo-Award Winner Kat Ellinger join Mike to discuss these early works in Andrzej Żuławski's filmography.

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Links:
Buy Third Part of the Night on DVD
Buy The Devil on DVD
Listen to the Zulawski series from Daughters of Darkness
Listen to Tales from the Eastern West

Music:
"Czolowica" - Andrzej Korzyński

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April 1, 2020

Episode 461: Knife in the Water (1962)

Guest Co-Hosts: Samm Deighan, Spencer Parsons

We're kicking off Polish Month with a pair of films from Roman Polanski. First up we're discussing Polanski's first feature from 1962, Knife in the Water. It's about a couple, Andrej (Leon Niemczyk) and Krystyna (Jolanta Umecka), who run across an unnamed young man (Zygmunt Malanowicz) who joins them on a sailing trip.

Up next we're discussing another film with a trio of characters, Death and the Maiden (1994) which stars Sigourney Weaver as a survivor of rape and torture who may have encountered her former tormentor (Ben Kingsley).

Samm Deighan and Spencer Parsons join Mike to discuss this pair of Polanski films.

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Links:
Buy Knife in the Water on Blu-Ray
Buy Death and the Maiden on DVD

Music:
"Knife in the Water" - Metz
"Ballad for Bernt" - Krzysztof Komeda

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