CINE 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Roman Polanski, Film Polski, Surreal Humour
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Eastern european cinema notes from lecture: andrzej wadja, ashes and diamonds (1958, set on last day of the war in may 1945, the germans vs. the resistance/polish nationalists vs. communists, film polski and national cinema development. Important film school in lodz: map of poland (poland loses eastern border land but gains in west, stalin"s death in 1953, solidarity (workers) movement 1980. Two men and a wardrobe (roman polanski, 1958 [same year as ashes and diamonds]) Jan svankmajer, the pendulum, the pit, and hope (jan svankmajer, 1983)