Andrzej Wajda has developed a unique language of images that not only could outwit the Communist censors, but in the course of a over half century has proved that a national cinema can speak to outsiders.
No one filmmaker has been so consistently and deeply engaged in capturing the history of his country – politically, socially and psychologically. For Poland, this master of cinema (and theater, as well) is a national treasure.
For the first time in America, all of the Academy-honored director’s 35 feature films, as well as 6 of his filmed theater productions for the Polish Television Theater, constituting the far and away the most complete retrospective of Wajda’s work ever mounted in the United States, were co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Anthology Film Archives, and the Polish Cultural Institute in New York in October 2008. The films from the retrospective have toured in Montreal and Berkeley, and they will now be screened in Chicago,Portland, and Columbus.
Film lovers honor him as one of the most acclaimed directors in the history of film, one whose artistry has repeatedly brought the world’s attention to European cinema. By striving to show both the loftiest heights and the darkest depths of the European soul, he has inspired all of us to re-examine the strength of our common humanity. Wajda belongs to Poland, but his films are part of the cultural treasure of all mankind.- Steven Spielberg
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Presented by The Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago, The Northwest Film Center in Portland, OR, The Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, and the Polish Cultural Institute in New York in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Polish Film Institute in Warsaw, and the Polish National Film Archive. Curated by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City. Additional support provided by Polish Television. Special thanks to Ms. Helena Dametka of the Polish National Film Archive.
The Polish Cultural Institute in New York together with, respectively, The Gene Siskel Film Center (Chicago), The Northwest Film Center (Portland, OR), The Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus).
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