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| The Tin Drum - Criterion Collection
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Based on the classic novel by Gunter Grass, this drama of a young boy who beats a tin drum to combat his feelings of desperation and anger during the rise of the Third Reich is as dark and disturbing as it is utterly compelling. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
This Oscar-winning adaptation of Günter Grass's novel is an absurdist fantasy about a little German boy (David Bennent) who wills himself at the age of three not to grow up in protest of the Nazi regime. Made unnecessarily notorious in recent years due to overzealous censors in some parts of the United States, the film is more startling and surreal than obscene. Bennent is very good, and while the 1979 film doesn't meet the high standards of the best work from the then-renaissance of German film, it has a special place in the hearts of many who saw it upon its release. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff (The Handmaid's Tale). --Tom Keogh
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| Promised Land (Director's Cut)
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Andrzej Wajda’s interpretation of a classic 19th century epic depicts the sweeping change in values ushered in by the industrial revolution. Three friends hope to build a factory, but their plans are quickly jeopardized by local politics and one of the partner’s dangerous love affair. Critically acclaimed for its masterful direction and fine acting, this ever-current film has a strong statement to make about modern times. With the master director’s brand new re-edit made possible by Poland’s liberation from Communism. In Polish w/ English Subtitles
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| Colonel Wolodyjowski (ES)
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The third and final volume of a momentous trilogy, following WITH FIRE AND SWORD and THE DELUGE. A monumental epic of battle, love, and betrayal. The Turks are invading Poland. Colonel Wolodyjowski strikes up a bargain with some local rapscallions. They mount a final defense against the massive and extremely well-armed Turkish army. This film features some of the most incredible battle scenes ever filmed. This epic was also caught up in the events of its own time. Just before production, the Soviet army invaded Czechoslovakia, provoking worldwide outrage. The Communists pressed the filmmakers to make COLONEL WOLODYJOWSKI metaphorically rationalize this invasion. This pressure, and the filmmakers’ resistance to it, carries over into the film: making it a volatile and dangerous work.
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| Young Girls of Wilko
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Nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, this breathtaking Andrzej Wajda films rbings Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz’s classic novel to the big screen. After 15 years away, Wiktor returns to Wilko, where he spent a very important part of his life. He comes to realize his own personal impact on the town and meets many people whom he will never forget. His presence, in turn, forces the young girls of Wilko to reconsider their complicated lives and personal failures.
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| Gala Piosenki Biesiadnej DVD / Gala Songs DVD
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The excellent idea of Zbigniew Gorneg was realized on Polish television with the release of Gala Songs. 110 minutes of singing, fun and games by popular Polish actors and singers. Starring Piotr Gasowski, Katarzyna Jamroz, Wojciech Kaleta, Boguslaw Mec, Robert Rozmus, Maryla Rodowicz z Zespolem, Hanna Sleszynska, Ryszard Rynkowski, Krzysztof Tyniec, Zespol Afabre. Doskonaly pomysl Zbigniewa Gornego zaowocowal realizacja programu telewizyjnego, ktory oglada sie z nieslabnacym zainteresowaniem. 110 minut swietnej zabawy; piosenki naszej mlodosci w wykonaniu plejady popularnych piosenkarzy i aktorow. Wystepuja Piotr Gasowski, Katarzyna Jamroz, Wojciech Kaleta, Boguslaw Mec, Robert Rozmus, Maryla Rodowicz z Zespolem, Hanna Sleszynska, Ryszard Rynkowski, Krzysztof Tyniec, Zespol Afabre.
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| First Spaceship on Venus
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In a utopian future of universal peace and brotherhood--1985 to be specific--a mysterious artifact found in Siberia is discovered to be a message from Venus. While the recording is studied, an international team of scientists is rocketed off to make contact with the mysterious planet. It takes the film some time to get going (worldwide harmony makes for a beautiful future but pallid drama when everyone gets along so nicely), but things begin to cook once they land on the misty wasteland of Venus. Swarms of metal bugs hop from glassy mutant trees and bubbling black mud oozes after our astronaut heroes, but no Venusians can be found amidst the geodesic architecture and buzzing power plants. What they discover instead is a terrifying conspiracy wrapped in an anti-war parable. Based on a novel by Polish science fiction legend Stanislaw Lem (whose work also inspired Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris), this German science fiction adventure is a visual treat, from the sleek, grand, silver spaceship and a funky purple Venus landscape of alien ruins and crystalline bubbles. Decently (if prosaically) dubbed and trimmed down to a brisk 78 minutes, it's an entertaining triumph of psychedelic art direction and desolate alien weirdness presented in all its brightly colored, widescreen glory. --Sean Axmaker
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| The Saragossa Manuscript
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Enter a dazzling, mysterious world of the supernatural courtesy of "The Saragossa Manuscript," a magical text discovered during the Napoleonic Wars by a pair of opposing soldiers. Capt. Alphonse van Worden lives out the book's intricate, devilish storylines as he embarks on a journey across scenic Spain, now populated with ghosts, alluring demons, debauched royalty, and mystical priests. Spanning centuries and nations, the manuscript's reach encompasses a wide array of stories both humorous and horrifying, gleeful and grotesque, before the final chilling revelations bring this one of a kind book to a close. Critically applauded and embraced over the years by such admirers as Jerry Garcia, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese, this swirling tapestry has been restored to its original, full length director's cut with all of its labyrinthine riddles intact.
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| Prosze Slonia DVD / Please, Mr. Elephant DVD
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A very popular Polish TV program. The story of a young elephant living with a family as a household pet.
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| Gala Piosenki Biesiadnej cz.2 DVD / Gala Songs Part 2 DVD
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The continuation of Zbigniew Gorneg's popular Gala Songs. This continuation is 143 minutes of fun, singing and games by popular Polish actors and singers. Starring drianna Biedrzynska, Majka Jezowska, Janusz Rewinski, Robert Rozmus, Rudi Schuberth, Krzysztof Tyniec, Aktorzy Teatru Rampa, Gang Marcela, Grupa Vox, Orkiestra pod dyrekcja Zbigniewa Gornego. Kontynuacja zabawy - Poprawiny. Wystepuja: Adrianna Biedrzynska, Majka Jezowska, Janusz Rewinski, Robert Rozmus, Rudi Schuberth, Krzysztof Tyniec, Aktorzy Teatru Rampa, Gang Marcela, Grupa Vox, Orkiestra pod dyrekcja Zbigniewa Gornego. 145 mis.
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| Everything for Sale
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Inspired by the tragic death of the great Polish actor Zbigniew Cybulski, this Andrzej Wajda film focuses on the behind-the-scenes lives of a director and his actors when they are disrupted by the mysterious murder of their leading man. It is, in director Wajda’s words, "a story about the people who make films – the directors and the actors." Film fiction mixes with reality as some of the actors play themselves. Everything For Sale can also be viewed as a glimpse into the way in which Wajda deals with his past and with his friendship with Cybuski.
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