Friday, 19th of May | 17:30 | screen Warszawa
Fascination, inspiration or obsession? Meeting following a screening of LYNCH/OZ dir. Alexandre O. Phillippe.
In Polish
Partners: University of Gdańsk’s Andrzej Wajda Film Centre, Gdynia Film School
What connects David Lynch's films with “The Wizard of Oz?” Fascination, inspiration or obsession? “Not a day goes by that I don't think about this book,” admits the director. The film shows how much the cult children's book is present in the work of the American director, with the commentary by prominent film critics and filmmakers, including John Waters and Aaron Moorhead. But it's more than just an unusual look at a filmmaker and his obsession - it's a breathtaking meditation on the role of cinema in shaping our dreams.
Guest:
Mirosław Przylipiak – film historian and theorist, translator. Scholar of the Fulbright Foundation at Harvard University and the Rockefeller Foundation. Author of books “Kino stylu zerowego. Z zagadnień estetyki filmu fabularnego”, „Kino najnowsze, Poetyka kina dokumentalnego” as well as „Kino bezpośrednie” trilogy. He is also the author of over a hundred papers on the history and theory of cinema and audiovisual communication, as well as several hundred film reviews. Founder of the Academic Educational Television at the University of Gdańsk, author of several documentaries, including „Legenda o Janku Wiśniewskim” and „Czy było kiedy tylu wspaniałych chłopców i dziewcząt”. Director of the Cultural Research Institute (2016-2020), Director of the Film Center, member of the University of Gdańsk Senate, vice-dean of the Faculty of Philology.
Moderator:
Jerzy Rados – director, photographer and film producer. Author of documentaries, music videos, television programs, as well as collective, posed photographs of city dwellers and social groups. Producer of award-winning feature films and documentaries. Laureate of Galion Gdyński for the film "Gdynia. My city". Initiator and producer of the Pomorskie Warsztaty Filmowe, co-founder and deputy director of the Gdynia Film School, director of the Gdynia Film Center.
