Talking Heads
Poland1980documentary16'Pokaz specjalny (2019)
A documentary-cum-survey made in 1979. Forty-four selected Poles, representing various professions and ranging in age from seven to a hundred years old, answer three questions… When were you born? Who are you? What do you want (in life)? The result of the survey was a synthesised, though not necessarily representative, picture of the state of consciousness in Polish society less than two years before the events of August 1980 and the birth of the Solidarity trade union. In expressing their thoughts, the people are connected, for instance, by a longing for social change leading to greater justice, freedom, democracy and tolerance, as well as by a moral opposition to the institutions of ‘backscratching’ and ‘friends in high places’. Kieslowski provides material for reflection on what worries and vexes people in the reality around them and on how human desires change with age and life experience. In 2004, Krzysztof Wierzbicki asked the same three questions in ,,Talking Heads 2".
- directed by
- Krzysztof Kieślowski
Documentary and feature film director and screenwriter. Born in 1941 in Warsaw. He studied directing at the Film School in Łódź. His first documentaries (‘Urząd’, ‘Z miasta Łodzi’) were made under the supervision of Kazimierz Karabasz and Jerzy Bossak. He debuted on television with the documentary ‘Photo’ (1969). After graduation, until 1983, he was associated with the Warsaw Documentary Film Studio, where he made most of his documentaries. Working with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, he created feature films, including the series ‘Decalogue’ or ‘Three Colours’, for which he received dozens of awards and distinctions. He was the winner of the ‘Felix’ - the award of the European Film Academy. He taught directing and screenwriting at universities in Katowice, West Berlin, Helsinki and in Switzerland and Łódź. Member of the British Film Institute and the Film Academy in the USA.
- cinematography
- Jacek Petrycki
- script
- Krzysztof Kieślowski
- sound
- Michał Żarnecki
- editing
- Alina Siemińska
- production
- (Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych)
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