Strategic Flows, by Jacek Bartosiak: stream-of-consciousness monologue on geostrategy and geopolitics
Hubert Wala, “Strategic Flows, by Jacek Bartosiak” (Strategy & Future, 11 January 2021) Strategy &
Tag: Polish Films
Corpus Christi: impostor priest story explores redemption, healing and religious hypocrisy
Jan Komasa, “Corpus Christi” (2019) For some odd reason, Poland has many fake Roman Catholic
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Loving Vincent: an arresting visual animation style papers over a repetitive and insubstantial formulaic plot
Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, “Loving Vincent” (2017) Most viewers will probably be bowled over
The Kinematograph: a familiar and bittersweet story done better by others
Tomek Baginski, “The Kinematograph” (2009) Here is a bittersweet story of a lone inventor labouring
The Changing of the Guard: how love conquers social class and restrictions
Wlodzimierz Haupe and Halina Bielinska, “The Changing of the Guard / Zmiana warty” (1958) A
Once Upon a Time (dir. Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica): an oddball pair trying to find their identity and place in an abstract world
Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica, “Once Upon a Time / Byl sobie raz” (1957) An
The Adventure of a Good Citizen: a plea for tolerance, celebration of eccentricity and relating to the world in new ways
Franciszka and Stefan Themerson, “The Adventure of a Good Citizen / Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego” (1937)
The Eye and the Ear: an assertion of Polish rebirth in an abstract and experimental short film after years of war
Franciszka and Stefan Themerson, “The Eye and the Ear / Oko i Ucho” (1944 /
Tango: cycle of life with 36 disconnected characters from young to old playing out in one room
Zbigniew Rybczinski, “Tango” (1981) Winner of the 1981 Oscar for Best Animated Short, this 8-minute
Reflections: original and beautiful use of black-and-white animation to illustrate a cosmic joke
Jerzy Kucia, “Reflections / Refleksy” (1979) Black-and-white animation has never been used so well as