Andrzej wajda war trilogy
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MEMBERS
“I will speak in Polish because I think in Polish” – this line from his Oscar acceptance speech became an oft-repeated anecdote. Still, it conveys a profound truth about one of Poland’s most accomplished directors – maybe even the most accomplished. Andrzej Wajda was rooted in Polishness, wrestling with it and trying to understand it all his life. He became the architect of our imagination
Wajda didn’t talk about cinema in the singular. He would say: “We bore witness; we became the voice of those who died; we communicated with the audiences, creating a universal language of gestures and images.” He always perceived cinema as a social experience – it wouldn’t exist without community.
“I will speak in Polish because I think in Polish” – this line from his Oscar acceptance speech became an oft-repeated anecdote. Still, it conveys a profound truth about one of Poland’s most accomplished directors – maybe even the most accomplished. Andrzej Wajda was rooted in Polishness, wrestling with it and trying to understand it all his life. He be
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End of a Saga: Andrzej Wajda’s Wałęsa: Man of Hope
By Geoffrey Fox.
The credits roll over a black-and-white newsreel of missiles and men parading before an austere Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow on the 52nd anniversary of the October Revolution. A leap in time and place, and we see as through a car window the sepia and rust-brown hulks and cranes of a shipyard, the gray-blue water of the harbor glimmering in the weak sun. Then… the large dark eyes of a thin, elegant, self-assured woman in her fifties turn to glance at the car behind.
“We have company again,” she says in staccato Italian.
“That’s possible,” her driver-interpreter grunts as he maneuvers through blocks of austere concrete apartment buildings.
“Can they stop us?” she asks, more curious than anxious.
“The most famous journalist from the West? They’re here for our safety.” His tone is tenuous, unconvincing.
“It seems evident that this interview could be very uncomfortable for them,” replies Oriana Fallaci (Maria Rosaria Omaggio), seemingly pleased by the thought.
The plainclothes men observing and listening t
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The film Wałęsa. Man of Hope by Andrzej Wajda will be screened in the framework of a cooperation project between the Belgian and Polish partner towns Ruiselede and Kraśnik. Since the liberation of Ruiselede by troops from the First Polish Armoured Division, who fought alongside the allies in the Second World War, Ruiselede feels firmly connected to Poland. This connection has been strengthened by a youth exchange programme. Last year, we celebrated the 70th anniversary of the liberation with the Polish Days in Flanders.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
>>> Zaal voor Sport en Spel (Tieltstraat 46, 8755 Ruiselede) – see map
>>> Monday 3 August 2015 at 20:30
>>> Free entrance
+++ Read more about the film
+++ Read more about the life of Lech Wałęsa
+++ Read more about the director Andrzej Wajda and the script writer Janusz Głowacki
SYNOPSIS
The New Europe has its beginnings in Gdansk! “Wałęsa. Man of Hope” is a story of a contemporary hero – Lech Wałęsa (Robert Więckiewicz). The movie begins with Oriana Fallaci (Maria Rosa
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