Modern Express News (reporter Zheng Wenjing) reporter learned that the "Polish film master Kieslowski works exhibition" will be opened in Suzhou on December 18. This is another retrospective screening of world-class film masters after last year's "Federico Fellini Centenary Commemorative Screening".
Kezhztov Kijerslowski was born in Warsaw, Poland in June 1941, a film artist who preferred ideological philosophy and social issues, whose works were exquisite in audiovisual language, deep in thematic connotations, and strong documentary style and philosophical meaning, and was praised as "the most original, talented and unscrupulous film master in contemporary Europe".
Eight classic works, including "The Imprint of Life", "Film Fans", "Killing Short Films", "Love Short Films", "Two Flowers of Life" (4K) and "Blue, White and Red Trilogy", will be screened in three theaters, Named Suyi Cinema (IMAX Store of Art Center), Suzhou Dushu Lake Film Theater and Wanda Cinema (Taicang IMAX Store), some of which are also accompanied by guided videos by Polish film critics.
The specific scheduling and ticket purchase information will be announced through public accounts such as "Suzhou Release" and "Suzhou Art and Humanities Cinema Alliance" from December 8.
It is understood that this screening is one of the series of brand activities of Suzhou "Seasonal Film Festival". Under the guidance and support of the China Film Archive and the Jiangsu Provincial Film Bureau, in order to further implement the "14th Five-Year Plan" action plan of Jiangsu Film, the Propaganda Department of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China is committed to creating a cultural brand of "Seasonal Film Festival", aiming to prosper the film market and meet the increasingly diversified viewing needs of audiences by holding different types and themes of domestic and foreign classic film festivals every quarter, so as to create a good urban art and humanistic atmosphere. This year, activities such as "Treasures and New Year Screenings", "Belt and Road Film Weekly Yangtze River Delta (Suzhou Station) Screening Activities" and "2021 Tribute to Classics • International Restoration Film Exhibition" have been successfully held, and the brand influence has radiated throughout the Yangtze River Delta region.
It is reported that some of the films screened this time will be screened simultaneously in Taicang, which is the first time that a single national (regional) film exhibition and screening activity has been held in a county-level city in Suzhou.
In addition, the screening also prepared exquisite derivatives such as movie ticket stubs, ticket holders, notebooks, etc., which can be purchased in the movie theater.
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1. The Imprint of Life 1976
Director: Krzyshtov Kieslowski
Country/Region of Production: Poland
Synopsis:
The government appointed Steven, who was experienced in management, to be the director of the chemical plant, which was located in a town where Stephen and his wife had left many years ago, but his wife refused to return to him because of her grievances many years ago. Returning to the local steven, stephen found that environmental problems were highlighted, the relationship between the government and residents began to be strained, and changes occurred within the organization... He began to think of resigning. The film was the first feature film directed by Kieslowski and won the Moscow Film Festival Grand Prix, which established his representative position in the Polish "moral anxiety film" school.
2. Fans 1979
Philip, an ordinary office worker, spent two months' salary buying an eight-millimeter camera to document his daughter's upbringing. Knowing that he had a video camera, the director also asked him to serve the unit to shoot the film. Philip clutched the camera all the time, gradually turning from ignorance to madness. Especially after his own films won awards at the film festival, his creative enthusiasm was even higher... However, the influence of this passion has gradually fermented: fame or morality, how should he choose? This film is a classic of "moral anxiety films", which contains the director's thinking on the meaning of film, and won the Best Film Award at the Moscow International Film Festival.
3. Murder Video 1988
The teenager brutally killed the taxi driver, he was sentenced to death after the East Window incident, and the defense lawyer with a humanitarian spirit gradually entered the inner world of the juvenile offender... The fates of these three unrelated people gradually intertwined. The film won the Jury Prize at the 41st Cannes International Film Festival.
4. Love Short Film 1988
The boy, Tomack, uses a telescope to spy on Magda, the woman who lives in the apartment opposite, and unconsciously falls in love with her. Her smile haunts Tomack's soul, and her every move also affects Tomack's nerves. However, Tomack's confession is rejected by Magda, at which point he thinks of suicide... The film is an extension of the sixth story in the Ten Commandments.
5. Two Flowers 1991
Country of production: France/Poland/Norway
A Polish maiden, a French maiden, the same age, the same name: Veronica. They have the same natural voice, musical talent and heart disease, although they are separated, the fates of the two girls seem to be closely linked, are they fate or just accidental? The film was shortlisted for the main competition section of the 44th Cannes International Film Festival.
6. Blue of the Blue,White-Red Trilogy 1993
Country of production: France/Poland/Switzerland
Julie's peaceful life as a godson is interrupted by a car accident, and life is irrelevant to Julie, who is full of thoughts. However, reality inevitably entered her life, making her start to think about her attitude towards life, and her life began to change. The large area of blue and piano music throughout make for a first-class audiovisual experience, which is not to be missed on the big screen. The film won the Golden Lion Award at the 50th Venice International Film Festival.
7. The White of the Blue-White-Red Trilogy, 1994
Hidden in the suitcase of his wife Domini, Carol smuggled from Poland to France. However, the heavenly life did not go as planned, and Carol was under great pressure from life and was thrown out of the house by Domini. After many twists and turns, Carol returned to her home country and worked hard to become a millionaire. After achieving fame, can he still get his wife back to his side? The film is the most dramatic of the "Blue, White and Red Trilogy" and won the Best Director Award at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.
8. The Red of the Blue-White-Red Trilogy, 1994
The schoolgirl Valentine is a part-time model with a boyfriend far away in England; August, a law student, has a splendid future, but he encounters a lover cheating, and he is determined to go to England to relax. On the passenger ship, August met Valentine, who was also looking for a boyfriend in England, but the ship was in distress, and Both Surviving Valentine and Augustine suddenly found each other déjà vu... The film is the last work of director Kieslowski, which won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 48th British Academy Film Awards, and was nominated for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section of the 47th Cannes International Film Festival and the Best Director Award at the 67th Academy Award.