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Krzysztof Zanussi – Essential Conversations

dir. Stanisław Zawiśliński, Sławomir Rogowski / Poland 2009 / 25’

subtitles: English

retrospective: Krzysztof Zanussi A Plane from Budapest, Anxiety, Attestation, Behind the Wall, Camouflage, Cement and Words, Face to Face, Family Life, Girl and Uhlan, Hipothesis, Holden, Illumination, Imperative, In Full Gallop, Inventory, Krzysztof Zanussi – Essential Conversations, Life As a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease, Long Conversation with a Bird, Mountains at Dusk, Persona non grata, Revisit, Spiral, Stop Thief, Students, The Balance, The Bluebeard, The Catamount Killing, The Constant Factor, The Contract, The Death of a Provincial, The Lady with the Ermine, The Lame Devil, The Power of Evil, The Role, The Roof, The Silent Touch, The Structure of Crystal, The Tram to Heaven, The Unapproachable, The Year of Quiet Sun, Time That Passed, Umbrella, Ways in the Night, Wherever You Are, With a Warm Heart, A Woman’s Business, Deceptive Charm Section index

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Film description

To do what I do as well as I can - this is how Zanussi describes his plans in one of the latest episodes of the TV series devoted to outstanding figures of science and culture. Zanussi speaks here about himself - about his private life and about his work. He tries to answer questions fully and honestly. Not all of the questions are easy; some are even provocative - for example the question about assessment of his own confession films, asked ironically by a film critic who is a priest. The conversation is illustrated by archive photos from the director's collection and by excerpts of his films. The co-director of the film, Stanisław Zawiślański, is also the editor of Krzysztof Zanussi. Przemiany. The publication will be officially introduced during the Festival