(Kino Lorber, Blu-ray & DVD) Blu-ray & DVD Street Date: November 15, 2016 Blu-ray SRP: $34.95 DVD SRP: $29.95 Director: Andrzej Zulawski Starring Sabine Azema, Jean-Francois Balmer, Jonathan Genet Drama / 2015 / NR / 101 min Synopsis: The late ...
Read More »Episode 7: I Can’t Be Close to You Without Suffering: The Cinema of Andrzej Żuławski, Part 4
In the seventh episode of Daughters of Darkness, Kat and Samm conclude their four-part exploration of the career of director Andrzej Zuławski, beginning with a discussion of La note bleue (1991). This unconventional biographical drama explores the fading relationship between ...
Read More »An Andrzej Żuławski Retrospective: My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days
Effusively romantic and yet profoundly melancholic, Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (1989) is Żuławski’s almost perversely cerebral take on love — much of the central relationship unfolds through language games and wordplay — though it also contains ...
Read More »Episode 6: I Can’t Be Close to You Without Suffering: The Cinema of Andrzej Żuławski, Part 3
In the sixth episode of Daughters of Darkness, Kat and Samm continue on to the third part of their four-episode discussion of the work of director Andrzej Zuławski. They start out looking at Zuławski’s two loose Dostoyevsky adaptations, La femme ...
Read More »Episode 5: I Can’t Be Close to You Without Suffering: The Cinema of Andrzej Żuławski, Part 2
In the fifth episode of Daughters of Darkness, Kat and Samm continue on to the second part of their four-episode discussion of director Andrzej Zuławski. This time they discuss his work in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, when he ...
Read More »An Andrzej Żuławski Retrospective: Possession
As I’ve been slowly making my way through Andrzej Żuławski’s catalogue for Diabolique, I think the title I’ve dreaded writing about most is the director’s only English-language film and his most well-known, Possession (1981). Made in the wake of his ...
Read More »Episode 4: I Can’t Be Close to You Without Suffering: The Cinema of Andrzej Żuławski, Part 1
In the fourth episode of Daughters of Darkness, Kat and Samm begin a four-part discussion of the career of Polish director Andrzej Zuławski. Meant to be a celebration of his life and incredible work, the episode begins with a brief ...
Read More »An Andrzej Żuławski Retrospective: On the Silver Globe
This is the third entry in a four part series on director Andrzej Żuławski’s recently restored early Polish films — Trzecia częśc nocy (1971) aka The Third Part of the Night, Diabel (1972) aka The Devil, and Na srebrnym globie ...
Read More »An Andrzej Żuławski Retrospective: The Devil
This is the second entry in a four part series on director Andrzej Żuławski’s recently restored early Polish films — Trzecia częśc nocy (1971) aka The Third Part of the Night, Diabel (1972) aka The Devil, and Na srebrnym globie ...
Read More »Andrzej Żuławski (22 November 1940 – 17 February 2016)
Mark: “For me, God is a disease.” Heinrich: “That’s why, through disease, we can reach God.” Possession (1981) Early this morning, the great Polish director Andrzej Żuławski passed away at the age of 75 after battling with ...
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