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Re: Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available for free online

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Post by myth_drannon »

crispyambulance wrote: post #51
lnsru wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe overworked and tired population needs spandex instead of Tarkovsky’s movies. After 1,5 hours commuting and 9,5 hours in the office I prefer Netflix’ Red Notice over Stalker. And I guess I am not the only one. On the other hand as non native Polish speaker I will enjoy some evening with some great movie recommended in this thread.

> After 1,5 hours commuting and 9,5 hours in the office I prefer Netflix’ ... I can appreciate that point of view. It's really a matter of what you're receptive to at any given moment. Keep in mind, however, that Tarkovsky and other innovative filmmakers from the Iron Curtain era literally risked their career every time they made a film. They had something to say and took great pains to do it. It just goes to show th…

Not sure about the other filmmakers but Tarkovsky was pretty much the establishment, a token avant garde cinema in a sea of state propaganda movies. Yes "Andrei Rublyov" was shelved, but that's about it, really. Many others had some of their movies shelved for all kinds of reasons. Risking their lives? Well maybe, if you can consider mental breakdown, heart attack as risk. But I bet Hollywood directors/actors risked their lives more by being in the same hotel room with Harvey Weinstein and his exposed puny dongle.

Re: Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available for free online

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Post by rasz »

nextstepguy wrote: post #15

I can't find The Saragossa Manuscript!!

The closest you can get are

Documentary from the set, starts @10:00 https://35mm.online/vod/kroniki/polska-kronika-filmowa-64-26...

Similar surreal movies by same Director/Author:

https://35mm.online/vod/fabula/sanatorium-pod-klepsydra

https://35mm.online/vod/fabula/osobisty-pamietnik-grzesznika...

Re: Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available for free online

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Post by MichaelCollins »

margoguryan wrote: post #50
BryantD wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Counter arguments: While there are a ton of lost movies, we also live in a world in which services like Criterion Channel, Mubi, and Shudder make more film available than ever. The other week, I got curious and watched a movie from Ulrike Ottinger, loved it, and when I get around to it I can watch any of a dozen more of her movies. Likewise, I just bought a boxed set of folk horror movies from Severin Films. I miss g…

What we need are more films in the $30m-$70m region; art-house blockbusters. Superhero fatigue is real - what audiences really want is someone like Michael Mann in the 90s.

For me, it's Michael Mann's 1981 Thief. Heat was good, but I feel like Thief had more soul.

Re: Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available for free online

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Post by auganov »

rasz wrote: post #69

Wow. This is fully legit: >In the years 2018-2021, the Polish Film Institute, the Documentary and Feature Film Studios and Studio Filmow Rysunkowych implemented a Project (number POPC.02.03.02-00-0007 / 17), named: >‘Digital restoration and digitization of Polish feature films, documentaries and animated films in order to ensure access in all fields of distribution (cinema, television, Internet, mobile devices) and t…

20M to put a bunch of easily available communist movies (to which they already owned copyrights?!) on a website. Why not "preserve heritage" by "restoring" pre-war movies that have been mostly forgotten and actually do need some real restoring? Could probably restore all of them for a few M tops. Sounds like a typical EU grafting scheme. This would never get funded without EU $.

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Post by gnubison »

auganov wrote: post #77
rasz wrote: post #69

Wow. This is fully legit: >In the years 2018-2021, the Polish Film Institute, the Documentary and Feature Film Studios and Studio Filmow Rysunkowych implemented a Project (number POPC.02.03.02-00-0007 / 17), named: >‘Digital restoration and digitization of Polish feature films, documentaries and animated films in order to ensure access in all fields of distribution (cinema, television, Internet, mobile devices) and t…

20M to put a bunch of easily available communist movies (to which they already owned copyrights?!) on a website. Why not "preserve heritage" by "restoring" pre-war movies that have been mostly forgotten and actually do need some real restoring? Could probably restore all of them for a few M tops. Sounds like a typical EU grafting scheme. This would never get funded without EU $.

Perhaps those movies are next :) … and it seems to me you could make this argument about any positive action, if you wanted.

Re: Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available for free online

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Post by type0 »

MichaelCollins wrote: post #75
margoguryan wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What we need are more films in the $30m-$70m region; art-house blockbusters. Superhero fatigue is real - what audiences really want is someone like Michael Mann in the 90s.

For me, it's Michael Mann's 1981 Thief . Heat was good, but I feel like Thief had more soul.

Don't forget Manhunter, it's a bit slow-going for a modern definition of thriller but you can't get more 80s vibe than that.
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