Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a talented pianist and diplomat. Thanks to his musical talent and general enthusiasm arousing around him, he could successfully work for Polish policy in exile, especially in the USA. After many years Paderewski is not so well remembered or recalled personage in Poland. Łukasz Barczyk decided to pay tribute to him and also put to the test viewers used to conventional form of historical film, therefore he made the quirky Influenz.
Month: April 2017
In a Vicious Circle (The Noose, 1958)
When a depressed person tries to fight a strong alcohol addiction he comes across numerous temptations. The biggest one seems to be the allurement to reminisce. He’s being haunted by the past and though hurtful memories about actions under the influence should discourage from reaching for a bottle, he finds them so overwhelming that only vodka is able to allay them. Wojciech Has, the author of the masterpiece The Saragossa Manuscript, gave us striking testimony of an alcoholic fighting the whole world that is pinning him down.
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