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Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

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Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Language
eng
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Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
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electronic resource
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Originally produced by Altered Innocence in 2018
Runtime
75
Summary
How does a filmmaker go from creating cutting-edge work and competing in Cannes to being labelled a failed erotic filmmaker? The debut documentary feature from Polish critic and academic Kuba Mikurda investigates the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled creativity & sensitivity, revered in the 1970s for creations including Goto, Island of Love, The Beast, & Immoral Tales. The film interviews his closest collaborators, filmmakers, and leading intellectuals who put his work into perspective, including Terry Gilliam, Bertrand Bonello, Neil Jordan, Patrice Leconte, Slavoj Žižek, and the late Andrzej Wajda
Technique
live action
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