Goodbye to Language: The Final Gasp of Zulawski Presents a Fractured Portrait of Contemporary Poland
Language and culture are prominent motifs in the filmography of Andrzej Zulawski, one of contemporary cinema’s most idiosyncratic and compelling auteurs, who sadly passed away in early 2016 amidst plans to make his first film in his native country in over two decades with Bird Talk.
The script was passed on to the director’s son, Xawery Zulawski, who unleashes his third film in an exercise which plays like an homage to the spirit of his father, whose last film, 2015’s Cosmos, itself a return to filmmaking after a fifteen-year hiatus, explored similar themes of eroding cultures, where the disintegration of language further blurs the delineation of fantasy and reality, signaling a return to chaos and the potential necessity of destruction for the sake of rebirth.…...
Language and culture are prominent motifs in the filmography of Andrzej Zulawski, one of contemporary cinema’s most idiosyncratic and compelling auteurs, who sadly passed away in early 2016 amidst plans to make his first film in his native country in over two decades with Bird Talk.
The script was passed on to the director’s son, Xawery Zulawski, who unleashes his third film in an exercise which plays like an homage to the spirit of his father, whose last film, 2015’s Cosmos, itself a return to filmmaking after a fifteen-year hiatus, explored similar themes of eroding cultures, where the disintegration of language further blurs the delineation of fantasy and reality, signaling a return to chaos and the potential necessity of destruction for the sake of rebirth.…...
- 6/1/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
HBO Europe is doubling down on Polish drama with crime series The Thaw from the writer behind The Pack.
The Thaw is a six-part series written by Marta Szymanek and directed by Xawery Żuławski (Bird Talk).
Set in Szczecin, Poland, the series begins after the body of a young woman is discovered under the melting ice. It asks ‘Who was she? Why did she die? Who did she leave behind? Did people who are now mourning know who she really was? These questions and the search for answers will provide the main female character with a powerful, although initially unconscious incentive to confront her own circumstances: of a single mother playing the role of a perfect police officer, and above all, a woman in crisis.
The Thaw is produced by Bogumił Lipski, and executive produced by Izabela Łopuch, Johnathan Young and Antony Root for HBO Europe. Andrzej Besztak is the executive producer for Magnolia Films.
The Thaw is a six-part series written by Marta Szymanek and directed by Xawery Żuławski (Bird Talk).
Set in Szczecin, Poland, the series begins after the body of a young woman is discovered under the melting ice. It asks ‘Who was she? Why did she die? Who did she leave behind? Did people who are now mourning know who she really was? These questions and the search for answers will provide the main female character with a powerful, although initially unconscious incentive to confront her own circumstances: of a single mother playing the role of a perfect police officer, and above all, a woman in crisis.
The Thaw is produced by Bogumił Lipski, and executive produced by Izabela Łopuch, Johnathan Young and Antony Root for HBO Europe. Andrzej Besztak is the executive producer for Magnolia Films.
- 12/12/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Europe, looking to keep pace with global streaming services and an exploding market for local-language originals, has greenlit a new Polish crime drama, The Thaw, from Marta Szymanek, one of the writers on the WarnerMedia unit's hit Polish series The Border.
The Thaw follows a female police officer, a single mom trying to balance life and work, is confronted with the case of her life after the body of a young, unidentified woman if discovered under the melting ice after the spring thaw. HBO Europe has given a six-episode order for the series, which Szymanek will write and Xawery Zulawski (Bird Talk) ...
The Thaw follows a female police officer, a single mom trying to balance life and work, is confronted with the case of her life after the body of a young, unidentified woman if discovered under the melting ice after the spring thaw. HBO Europe has given a six-episode order for the series, which Szymanek will write and Xawery Zulawski (Bird Talk) ...
- 12/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
New Horizons International Film Festival and the Polish Film Institute presented a selection of six Polish films in various stages of production (works-in-progress) in the ‘New Horizons’ Polish Days Goes to Cannes’ program at the biggest film market Marché du Film, during the 71thCannes International Film Festival.
The Polish producers presented: Fisheye — a fiction debut by Michał Szcześniak, Hurray, We’re Still Alive! — a fiction debut by Agnieszka Polska, Of Animals and Men– a documentary directed by Lukasz Czajka The Language of the Birds — a fiction film directed by Xawery Zulawski(co-directed by Jan Komasa, Jacek Borcuch, Piotr, Kielar), Werewolf — a fiction film directed by Adrian Panek as well as the latest film from
Jan Jakub Kolski Pardon.
The Goes to Cannes is a program that invites the largest festivals to present domestic films to the international film industry, films that do not yet have agents, distributors or set premiere dates.
The Polish producers presented: Fisheye — a fiction debut by Michał Szcześniak, Hurray, We’re Still Alive! — a fiction debut by Agnieszka Polska, Of Animals and Men– a documentary directed by Lukasz Czajka The Language of the Birds — a fiction film directed by Xawery Zulawski(co-directed by Jan Komasa, Jacek Borcuch, Piotr, Kielar), Werewolf — a fiction film directed by Adrian Panek as well as the latest film from
Jan Jakub Kolski Pardon.
The Goes to Cannes is a program that invites the largest festivals to present domestic films to the international film industry, films that do not yet have agents, distributors or set premiere dates.
- 6/2/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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