The Notebook Primer introduces readers to some of the most important figures, films, genres, and movements in film history.HolidayFrom the establishment of the Studio Małych Form Filowych in 1947 through the years immediately following the collapse of the communist regime in the country in 1989, animation flourished in Poland as an integral part of its film industry. “All of cinema is essentially animation,” said Walerian Borowczyk in 1984, echoing Amos Vogel’s conception of cinema at large. “A roll of film is just a roll of photos; it’s the same thing if you supplant the photos with drawings.” By extension, one might make no distinction between “live-action” and animation, or between what one sees onscreen and its allegorical reflection of life experience.This is especially true for Polish animation. To classify the genre in terms of nationality and not “culturally” or ideologically (the more vague “Soviet” implying animation made under a...
- 3/31/2021
- MUBI
Composer Wojciech Kilar has died, aged 81.
The Polish musician was BAFTA-nominated for his score to Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film The Pianist.
He died in his hometown Katowice, in south Poland, following a long illness.
Kilar's other film work included Dracula and Polanski's The Ninth Gate.
On top of his work in writing symphonies and concertos, Kilar was known for his film composing career, writing scores for over 130 films.
He won the Best Score Composer award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1992 for Dracula.
In 1977, he co-founded the Karol Szymanowski Society, composing pieces that utilised Polish folk songs and Catholic church music.
In his native Poland, he was known for his work with the three Polish film directors Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Zanussi. In 1991, Zanussi produced a biographical film about Kilar.
In November 2008, Kilar was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
The Polish musician was BAFTA-nominated for his score to Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film The Pianist.
He died in his hometown Katowice, in south Poland, following a long illness.
Kilar's other film work included Dracula and Polanski's The Ninth Gate.
On top of his work in writing symphonies and concertos, Kilar was known for his film composing career, writing scores for over 130 films.
He won the Best Score Composer award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1992 for Dracula.
In 1977, he co-founded the Karol Szymanowski Society, composing pieces that utilised Polish folk songs and Catholic church music.
In his native Poland, he was known for his work with the three Polish film directors Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Zanussi. In 1991, Zanussi produced a biographical film about Kilar.
In November 2008, Kilar was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
- 12/29/2013
- Digital Spy
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