The Long Strange Trips of Wojciech Jerzy Has
The Doll; Write and Fight; The Hourglass Sanatorium; The Memoirs of a Sinner; The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (© WFDiF)
Film at Lincoln Center and DI Factory present “The Long Strange Trips of Wojciech Jerzy Has,” a comprehensive celebration of the Polish filmmaker’s singularly inventive filmography, featuring an array of new digital restorations. The retrospective will be presented at FLC from March 22 through March 31 and includes each of Has’s 14 features and all of his short films.
In addition to Has’s feature films, select titles will be preceded by a short film by Has. The series will also include a separate program that collects Has’s early fiction and documentary shorts, ranging from fascinating industrial films to assured miniature parables.
Organized by Dan Sullivan (FLC), Jedrzej Sablinski (DI Factory), and Polish Cultural Institute New York. Retrospective is co-financed by Polish Film Institute.
Acknowledgements:
Annette Insdorf and Milestone Films
How to Be Loved (Jak być kochaną)
Pre-Reception and Introductions on March 22 · Introduction by Annette Insdorf on March 27
One of the most acclaimed works of his early career, Has’s sixth feature follows a popular radio actress on a trip to Paris, where she crosses paths with another actor with whom she had a fraught love affair during World War II.
The Saragossa Manuscript (Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie)
Introduction by Annette Insdorf on March 23
Based on one of the greatest works of world literature, Has’s most enduringly influential achievements centers on a mountain-crossing that turns into a sequence of supernatural and frightful events for a military officer wandering through Spain.
The Hourglass Sanatorium (Sanatorium pod klepsydrą)
Introduction by producer & professor Andrzej Krakowski on March 28 | Introduction by Annette Insdorf on March 30
The collective trauma of the Holocaust looms over this adaptation of Jewish author Bruno Schulz’s visionary and poetic reflection on the nature of time and death, which won the Jury Award at Cannes.
The Noose (Pętla)
Farewells (Pożegnania)
One Room Tenants (Wspólny pokój)
Goodbye to the Past (Rozstanie)
Gold Dreams (Zloto)
Codes (Szyfry)
The Doll (Lalka)
Introduction by producer & professor Andrzej Krakowski on March 31
Has’s lavish period epic, depicting the decline of the Polish aristocracy as their social perch is usurped by the ascendant capitalist class, follows a new-money merchant and his many attempts to capture the heart of a down-on-her-luck contessa.
An Uneventful Story (Nieciekawa historia)
Write and Fight (Pismak)
Memoirs of a Sinner (Osobisty pamiętnik grzesznika przez niego samego spisany)
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (Niezwykła podróż Baltazara Kobera)
Wojciech Jerzy Has Shorts Program
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