Afterimage

Original title: Powidoki

2016
1h 38m

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7.0/10

3.4K

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The story of charismatic painter Wladyslaw Strzeminski, who opposed social realism and maintained his own artistic freedom in spite of political obstacles.The story of charismatic painter Wladyslaw Strzeminski, who opposed social realism and maintained his own artistic freedom in spite of political obstacles.The story of charismatic painter Wladyslaw Strzeminski, who opposed social realism and maintained his own artistic freedom in spite of political obstacles.

Director
- Andrzej Wajda
Writers
- Andrzej Wajda
- Andrzej Mularczyk
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

3.4K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Andrzej Wajda
Writers
- Andrzej Wajda
- Andrzej Mularczyk
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 12 nominations

Trivia
Official submission of Poland for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.

Quotes
Wladyslaw Strzeminski: They praise the ones who suck up. They're silent about the real artists.
Julian Przybos: I spoke about this with Milosz. He also believes that an artist who can't speak with a full voice should be silent. Artists can be killed in two ways: either by talking about them too much or not at all.

Connections
References Man of Marble (1977)

Soundtracks
Landscape
Written by Andrzej Panufnik
Performed by Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach
Conducted by Piotr Komorowski

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about present

this is the basic feeling. it is a film about present. not only for remind the Communist regime profound traces in every day life. but for the dictatorship of bureaucracy. for the desire of unanimity. for the role of person as tool. and for the politically correctness who is not real far by the Communist dictatorship. it is , in same measure, a significant last word of Wajda. not only as legacy. but as remember of his themes, message, precise exposure of the action of the evil, crash of the artist, forms of freedom out of political rules. a film about present, maybe, only from the perspective of an Easter European.