2010-4-06 The Works: An interview with Polish film director Krzysztof Zanussi (1of 2)

A story that was a labour of love for our film reviewer Gary Pollard. The Hong Kong International Film Festival, is featuring, among other things, a short retrospective of the work of Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi. In 1979, Krzysztof Zanussi played a short part in Krzysztof Kieslowski's second film, Camera Buff. He was by this time already an acclaimed filmmaker, known for films like his 1972 semi-autobiographical Illumination, about a young physicist looking for certainty but confronting the uncertainties of life. Other Polish filmmakers like Andresz Wajda were more overtly political, but like Kieslowski, Krzysztof Zanussi was dealing with more complex moral issues. His 1971 Family Life reflected a disintegrating society in its story of an engineer who returned to his family after a long absence, only to discover that his relatives are mostly alcoholic, suicidal or insane. 1977s Camouflage is about a young idealistic language teacher trying to resist the cynical and corrupt worldview of an older professor. In 1980s The Constant Factor a young engineer clashes with the corrupt society around him. In his latest film Revisited Zanussi returns to the protagonists of those three movies to see how they have changed in the intervening years.

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[Garyrthk]

I think a link to the unedited interview should appear on the right.

It was a short interview, but great to meet him. He is not as widely known as he should be.

[tomekstas]

Excellent. Is there any chance to see whole interview-movie without cuts ?