Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
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Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
How does a filmmaker go from creating cutting-edge work and competing in Cannes to being labeled a failed erotic filmmaker? The debut documentary feature from Polish critic and academic Kuba Mikurda, LOVE EXPRESS: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF WALERIAN BORWCZYK 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 Bertrand Bonello, Neil Jordan, Patrice Leconte, Slavoj Zizek, Terry Gilliam and the late Andrzej Wajda.
Genre
Documentary,
Films & Filmmakers
Web Site
Language
English
Director
Kuba Mikurda
Cast
Neil Jordan,
Patrice Leconte,
Terry Gilliam
FEATURED REVIEW
Neil Young, Hollywood Reporter
A patchy primer to the magnificently weird career of the 20th century's foremost animator/auteur/pornographer, Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk (Love Express. Przypadek Waleriana Borowczyka) illuminates and frustrates in roughly equal measure. The debut work for cinema by Polish ...
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Laemmle Virtual Cinema 8.21.20 - 9.03.20
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