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

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Post by type0 »

myth_drannon wrote: post #72
crispyambulance wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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…

Harvey Weinstein, if this is a joke it isn't funny. If we're talking about risking lives you can't beat Werner Herzog who worked with that lunatic Klaus Kinski that would shoot at tents with people in, and that was was probably the least crazy thing that dude were doing on set.

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

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Post by rasz »

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 $.

Anti-communist movies. https://culture.pl/en/article/the-most-powerful-films-from-b...

https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/there-was-jazz

>Young musicians in Łódź play jazz. At first, they do it offstage, then semi-officially, and finally they are trying to find a place for a concert. As it is forbidden in the Stalinist Poland, they lose their jobs, places at universities and their girls. Music is the only thing that cannot be taken away from them.

https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/interrogation

>Antonina Dziwisz, a cabaret artist, travels around Poland with the cabaret group. Unexpectedly, she is arrested and involved in the Stalinist political trial. The woman does not succumb to violence, despite humiliation, threats and brutal punishments.

Not to mention plenty of movies from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_moral_anxiety

Tоварищ auganov ты потерялся?

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

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Post by js2 »

crispyambulance wrote: post #48

Since we're talking Polish cinema. I recommend 2 films from Andrzej Żuławski: * Possession (1981) starring Sam Neil and Isabelle Adjani. It starts out sort of like a relationship-gone-bad film then goes into a full-on crazy mode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah4Z1yIAoFM * On The Silver Globe (1988) -- Unfinished sci-fi, super innovative, completely bonkers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Silver_Globe_(film)

It took Adjani years to recover from the emotional toll of that movie. If you’re ever thinking of watching a Gaper Noé film, don’t waste your time on that poser hack. Watch Possession instead. That subway tunnel scene… sheesh.

Oh man, there’s a new 4K restoration. I don’t know if I can handle a second watch.

The Polish film I’d recommend is Kieślowski‘s The Double Life of Veronique.

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Post by js2 »

makerofspoons wrote: post #5

I recommend "Blind Chance". It follows three storylines about a man trying to catch a train where different events cause his life to unfold differently. It really makes you think about all the small events that have occurred in your life that snowball to make you who you are.

Is Sliding Doors a remake of that? Hmm, Wikipedia doesn’t say for certain.

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

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Post by mzs »

aeontech wrote: post #61
mzs wrote: post #44

They have this nice page* of movies with Ukrainian subtitles. I am teaching English to a family of Ukrainian refugees. Films in English with Ukrainian subtitles would be a fantastic resource. Does anyone know of such a service? * https://35mm.online/kolekcje/dla-ukrainy

FWIW, I highly, highly recommend showing them (simpler) movies with _english_ subtitles. This helped tremendously when I was going from “school English” to “native English”, because things I couldn’t pick up by ear yet, I could pick up by reading the subtitles. If you watch it with Ukrainian subtitles, your brain just falls back on what it already knows, and ignores the soundtrack (mostly).

That is a an excellent point. My wife's English got much better from us watching Friends with subtitles too. I gave them a DVD player and a few movies, thanks.

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

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Post by achairapart »

achairapart wrote: post #12

This is fantastic. Question: Any way to watch these movies on an Android TV box? I haven't tried yet, but every time I try casting with Chromecast/AirPlay somehow subtitles always get lost...

I'll answer myself: Luckily there's a native app for Android TV.

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Post by wazoox »

michaelscott wrote: post #14

This is incredible! Does anyone know of other sites like this for films from other countries? I've been looking to broaden my cinematic horizons a bit, as well as hunting for material to practice language comprehension.

On youtube there are lots of great USSR films on Mosfilms :

https://www.youtube.com/c/MosfilmRuOfficial

For instance the excellent "Irony of fate" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVpmZnRIMKs

There are lots of films at Odessa film studios too: https://www.youtube.com/c/OdessAnimationStudio

but at the moment you'll mostly find news about the war in Ukraine...

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

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Post by vmladenov »

js2 wrote: post #84
crispyambulance wrote: post #48

Since we're talking Polish cinema. I recommend 2 films from Andrzej Żuławski: * Possession (1981) starring Sam Neil and Isabelle Adjani. It starts out sort of like a relationship-gone-bad film then goes into a full-on crazy mode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah4Z1yIAoFM * On The Silver Globe (1988) -- Unfinished sci-fi, super innovative, completely bonkers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Silver_Globe_(film)

It took Adjani years to recover from the emotional toll of that movie. If you’re ever thinking of watching a Gaper Noé film, don’t waste your time on that poser hack. Watch Possession instead. That subway tunnel scene… sheesh. Oh man, there’s a new 4K restoration. I don’t know if I can handle a second watch. The Polish film I’d recommend is Kieślowski‘s The Double Life of Veronique .

How is he a poser hack when he cites Possession directly at the beginning of Climax?
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