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The DVD Journal Reviews : Andrzej Wadja: Three War Films Ashes and Diamonds is presented in anamorphic widescreen (1.66:1) and DD 1.0 audio in the original Polish, with optional English subtitles. In making Cybulski the main character of Ashes and Diamonds, and by making him sympathetic, the tragedy was no longer just the assassination of a communist leader, but the death of a rebel who had no place in the new Poland. Also included is a "Behind the Scenes Newsreel" (1 min.), an all-too-brief look at the making of the film and a Stills Gallery with production and publicity stills, as well as a poster gallery. www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/a/andrzejwajdawarfilms_cc.shtml   (2486 words)

dOc DVD Review: Andrzej Wajda: Three War Films (A Generation / Kanal / Ashes and Diamonds) (1955-1958) Andrzej Wajda: On Ashes and Diamonds (36m:25s, 16:9) is comparable to the previously described interviews, containing comments from the director, second director Janusz Morgenstern, and film critic Jerzy Plazewski. Ashes and Diamonds, one of the undisputed classics of Polish cinema, is certainly the most thematically and politically intricate of Wajda's trilogy. Ashes and Diamonds, presented in anamorphic 1.66:1, is certainly the best looking. www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=7263   (2462 words)

DVD Talk > Reviews > Ashes and Diamonds > Printer Friendly Ashes and Diamonds has a much more demanding plot, and is acceptable, although both films really deserve serious restoration. Whoever approved the box copy for Ashes and Diamonds grossly distorts the film: "With the battle against the Nazis over, a new struggle emerges: the struggle against the Communists." This wrongly implies that Maciek's right-wing killer squad are freedom fighters. Ashes and Diamonds introduces a lot of characters and often leaves us to figure out who they are, which leads to some confusion when more than two players look too much alike. www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/print.php?ID=8615   (1395 words)

Ashes and Diamonds "Ashes and Diamonds is part of trilogy of films (together with Generation and Canal) depicting the drama of post-war Poland. "With Ashes and Diamonds, a courageous, baroque, and furiously contemporary film, Andrzej Wajda has become one of the world's greatest film-makers." Torn between killing and love, Zbigniew Cybulski, (Poland's answer to James Dean) is perhaps the most sensual assasin in the history of the cinema." www.polishculture.org.uk /archive_film_AD.html   (149 words)

Ashes and Diamonds (Popiol i Diament) - Seinfeld Blog - Seinfeld DVD For Sale Now At the peak of the Polish school of film, Andzej Wajda made "Ashes and Diamonds," a film that deals largely... "Ashes and Diamonds" (1958) is the third part of Andrzej Wajda's "war trilogy" that... Ashes and Diamonds (Popiol i Diament) - Seinfeld Blog - Seinfeld DVD For Sale Now www.stanthecaddy.com /thestore/p/B0000CEB4N   (177 words)

Guardian Unlimited Film Ashes and diamonds Alan Parker's film of Frank McCourt's bestselling memoir is a conflicted beast: in order to appeal to the American market that has kept Angela's Ashes in the bestseller lists for so long, it must have its adult stars. Yet the whole appeal of the book is its story of the child McCourt and his ability to save himself from the slough of despond inhabited by his alcoholic father and helpless mother. • Angela's Ashes is released on January 14. film.guardian.co.uk /Feature_Story/interview/0,5365,119520,00.html   (1662 words)

History 0200 - Ashes and Diamonds Ashes and Diamonds has been described as "a film about the morality of being a Pole in. Wajda's own time." It is based on Jerzy Andrzejewski's 1948 novel of the same title. www.ucis.pitt.edu /eehistory/ashesanddiamonds.html   (220 words)

RES295: Ashes and Diamonds Think of the interplay of light and dark, of images of ashes (or fire) and diamonds (or light). What might be the "diamond" that emerges from the" ashes" of war? How is the title played out in the cinematography of this film? web.grinnell.edu /individuals/armstron/ceerp/wajda.html   (195 words)

filmcritic.com Movie Review: Kanal Kanal is included on Criterion's new box set of Wajda's war trilogy, including the skippable A Generation and the highly-regarded Ashes and Diamonds. The film begins with the usual sparring in the ghetto, as Nazis are killed by guerrillas then hunted down by an endless flood of soldiers behind them. Wajda may very well have produced his finest film ever in 1957 with Kanal (literally "Canal"), about the dying days of the two-month long Polish resistance against the Germans in late 1944 (though the setting is real, the story itself appears completely fictional). www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/2a460f93626cd4678625624c007f2b46/047a43de1e485be188256fe00074312b?OpenDocument   (504 words)

Movie Habit: Review of Kanal (1956), *** In Kanal, the middle chapter in Wajda’s war trilogy book-ended by A Generation and Ashes and Diamonds, the director presents an engaging story of struggle and survival against all odds. While more could have been done to put the film and its director in historical context, this is not a release from a major studio, but from Facets, an independent DVD label. Aside from its romantic flourishes and a certain amount of innocence, Kanal is a straightforward depiction of the hell and havoc wreaked by the invading German forces. www.moviehabit.com /reviews/kan_kf03.shtml   (704 words)

Amazon.ca: Ashes and Diamonds [IMPORT]: Video "Kanal" is being released on DVD simultaneously with "Ashes and Diamonds." "A Generation" (Pol.: "Pokolenie"), an overtly propogandistic film, Wajda's first feature and not as moving as the other two, once had a VHS release. Both films are remarkable achievements, and neither is the sequel (except chronologically) to previous films in the trilogy. Wajda's films do not avoid bitterness and pessimism, and this film in particular treats art as a response to the problems of society, revealing the factors that emphasize its complexes as well as its symptoms. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/630303134X/imdb-jp-23   (1083 words)

channel4.com/film - Kanal This, the central film in Wajda's Resistance trilogy (between A Generation and Ashes and Diamonds), starkly recreates the claustrophobic nightmare of an actual incident during the 1944 Warsaw uprising when Polish partisans were pursued and trapped in the sewers by Nazi soldiers. Over 12,000 film reviews and 100,000 people in our movie database www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=104903   (163 words)

Kanal Film Review - Time Out Film The setting for the second film in Wajda's trilogy about WWII (coming between A Generation and Ashes and Diamonds) is the sewers of Warsaw, through which a group of partisans attempt to make their escape from the Nazis during the 1944 Uprising. This was the film that made Wajda's name in the West, and it certainly has a unique intensity and gloom, with most of the characters enduring appalling fates: two lovers reach an exit to find it sealed off with a grill, another man surfaces right into German hands. See more cast & crew for this film www.timeout.com /film/78564.html   (161 words)

[Videonews] **KANAL**and***ASHES AND DIAMONDS***New on DVD from Facets Video*** In 1999, Steven Spielberg testified to the enduring power of such films as KANAL and ASHES AND DIAMONDS in a letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This film about the French Revolution was in many ways an allegory for current events in Poland, where Wajda had intended to shoot it. He did not honor this with mutual respect, instead directing such ferocious anti-Communist films as MAN OF MARBLE (1977) and MAN OF IRON (1981), which were made at the dawn of the anti-Soviet Solidarity resistance, and in some ways ignited that movement. www.lib.berkeley.edu /pipermail/videonews/2003-August/000198.html   (1102 words)

channel4.com/film - Danton Polish director (Ashes and Diamonds) Wajda's first French film after his Polish production company was shut down due to his support of Solidarity, looks and feels as if it was close to his own heart. If ultimately the film lacks the immediacy of Wajda's earlier Polish work, the film-maker's sheer conviction about his material really has to be admired. Over 12,000 film reviews and 100,000 people in our movie database www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=102555   (1102 words)

film course FILM AND HISTORY: Wanda Jakubowska, Last Stage, 1948 - (supplementary film: Leszek Wosiewicz, Kornblumenblau, 1988); Andrzej Wajda, Ashes and Diamonds - (supplementary film: Andrzej Munk, Cross-eyed luck, 1960); Jerzy Skolimowski, Hands up, 1967/1985 - (supplementary film: Ryszard Bugajski, Interrogation, 1982/1989); Filip Bajon, Poznan 56, 1996 - (supplementary film: Workers ’80) FILM AND THE INDIVIDUAL: Roman Polanski, Knife in the Water, 1962; Krzysztof Kieslowski, A Short film about love, A Short film about killing - (supplementary film:Krzysztof Wierzbicki, Krzysztof Kieslowski: I'm So-So, 1995); Agnieszka Holland, Lonely woman, 1981/1988 - (supplementary film: Magdalena Lazarkiewicz, By touch, 1985); Dorota Kedzierzawska, Crows, 1994 FILM AND SOCIETY: Marek Piwowski, A Trip Down the River, 1970 - (supplementary film: Machulski, Sexmission); Krzysztof Zanussi, Illumination, 1973; Wladyslaw Pasikowski, Pigs, 1992 - (supplementary film: Zanussi, Weekend stories www.utoronto.ca /slavic/polish/course.htm   (233 words)

film course FILM AND HISTORY: Wanda Jakubowska, Last Stage, 1948 - (supplementary film: Leszek Wosiewicz, Kornblumenblau, 1988); Andrzej Wajda, Ashes and Diamonds - (supplementary film: Andrzej Munk, Cross-eyed luck, 1960); Jerzy Skolimowski, Hands up, 1967/1985 - (supplementary film: Ryszard Bugajski, Interrogation, 1982/1989); Filip Bajon, Poznan 56, 1996 - (supplementary film: Workers ’80) FILM AND THE INDIVIDUAL: Roman Polanski, Knife in the Water, 1962; Krzysztof Kieslowski, A Short film about love, A Short film about killing- (supplementary film:Krzysztof Wierzbicki, Krzysztof Kieslowski: I'm So-So, 1995); Agnieszka Holland, Lonely woman, 1981/1988 - (supplementary film: Magdalena Lazarkiewicz, By touch, 1985); Dorota Kedzierzawska, Crows, 1994 FILM AND SOCIETY: Marek Piwowski, A Trip Down the River, 1970- (supplementary film: Machulski, Sexmission); Krzysztof Zanussi, Illumination, 1973; Wladyslaw Pasikowski, Pigs, 1992- (supplementary film: Zanussi, Weekend stories www.utoronto.ca /slavic/polish/course.htm   (233 words)

Two Polish Epics Wajda’s best-known films, the "war trilogy" of the 1950s (including his masterpiece Ashes and Diamonds) and the later Man of Marble and Man of Iron, are obviously such, while his historical drama Danton, set during the French Revolution, clearly compares pre-1789 France to Communist Poland. Wajda’s film tells of a long-standing family feud, the main love interest being between the eponymous Pan Tadeusz (which roughly translates as "Master Thaddeus") and a girl whose grandfather was murdered by one of his ancestors. With Fire and Sword is the first novel of a trilogy (though the last to be filmed) by Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916), the Nobel Prize-winning author of Quo Vadis. www.talkingpix.co.uk /ArticleTwoPolishEpics.html   (750 words)

Amazon.com: Andrzej Wajda - Three War Films (A Generation, Kanal, and Ashes & Diamonds) - Criterion Collection: DVD Kanal can easily be read as saying that the Russian 'liberation' forced Poles 'into the sewers', to live in filth and stench, both literal and metaphorical; Ashes and Diamonds suggests that Polish identity was at best left confused, at worst outrightly betrayed, by the importation of Communism from Russia. Disc 3 contains the film Ashes and Diamonds with optional audio commentary by Annette Insdorf, behind the scenes photos, a 2 minute newsreel on the film's production, and interviews with Janusz Morgenstern and Jerzy Plazewski. Altogether, Kanal is a brilliant piece of cinematic history that should not be forgotten, as it retells the horrors of World War II and the perseverance of the Polish people. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007989ZW?v=glance   (4847 words)

Kanal (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kanal is the second film of Wajda's War trilogy, which includes the earlier A Generation and the later Ashes and Diamonds. Kanal was the first film made about the uprising, earning Wajda the Special Jury Prize (the second most prestigious after the Palme d'Or) at Cannes in 1957 and solidifying his position as Poland's premier director. Kanal is a Polish film released in 1956, directed by Andrzej Wajda for P.P. Film Polski at its production unit, Zespol Filmowy "Kadr". en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kanal_(movie)   (4847 words)

Timeline Poland 1958 The film "Ashes and Diamonds" was made by Andrzej Wajda. 1981 The film "Man of Iron" was made by Andrzej Wajda and won the Golden Palm award at Cannes. 1957 The film "Kanal" was made by Andrzej Wajda. timelines.ws /countries/POLAND.HTML   (4847 words)

NOW: Coming Tuesday, November 11 A big splash, Nov 6 - 12, 2003 Kanal and Ashes And Diamonds, both honoured at Venice, are two-thirds of Andrzej Wajda's "war trilogy" of films examining Poland from the perspective of late-50s disenchantment with the Communist ideal, though this is nowhere made explicit. Kanal and Ashes And Diamonds come from a company called Polart, a name that suggests it might have access to whatever's available in the Polish film archives. The problem is compounded in Kanal, which suffers from bad scratches, dropped frames and a couple of unmistakable instances of dirt on the frame. www.nowtoronto.com /issues/2003-11-06/movie_videodvd.php   (4847 words)

Rotten Tomatoes Forums - Spotlight on POLISH cinema Cybulski has become a kind of symbol — he was Maciek Che³micki from Ashes and Diamonds to viewers (funny that even Salman Rushdie in his Ground beneath her feet while playing with the mass culture’s icons and stereotypes substitutes Cybulski’s personality with his most known role). There’s no hesitation, that the Actor is Zbigniew Cybulski (who died in 1967 under the train), in Everything on Sale there are numerous references to his role in Ashes and Diamonds (the mug, the jacket, the glasses with vodka). The film shows also the atmosphere in Poland after 1968. www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=217769   (11012 words)

Wajda - new and used books Includes the screenplays of Wajda's "Ashes and Diamonds" and Munk's "The Passenger", both illustrated with stills, together with "biofilmographies" of both directors. Andrzej Wajda is Poland's greatest film maker and his career has spanned and reflected the making of modern Poland, from the ashes of World War II to the creation of the Solidarity movement. Wajda, Andrzej - Wajda on Film: A Master's Notes www.isbn.pl /A-Wajda   (11012 words)

Amazon.com: DVD: Andrzej Wajda - Three War Films (A Generation, Kanal, and Ashes & Diamonds) - Criterion Collection Kanal can easily be read as saying that the Russian 'liberation' forced Poles 'into the sewers', to live in filth and stench, both literal and metaphorical; Ashes and Diamonds suggests that Polish identity was at best left confused, at worst outrightly betrayed, by the importation of Communism from Russia. The lighting, cinematography, mise-en-scene, and the framing of each scene enhance the claustrophobic atmosphere in the film to such a degree that it is almost unpleasant as smells of the sewers perforates through the screen into the room where one views the film. Kanal is the director of Andrzej Wajda's second tale in his war trilogy based on real events that took place starting in August 1944 when the Poles rose up against the Nazis with hope of getting help from the Soviet Red Army. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007989ZW?v=glance   (11012 words)

Andrzej Wajda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wajda went on to make two more films of escalating brilliance, which further developed the antiwar theme of A Generation: Kanal (1956) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958), also starring Cybulski. Andrzej Wajda (born March 6, 1926) is a Polish film director, one of the most prominent members of the Polish Film School. Wajda's later devotion to Poland's burgeoning Solidarity movement was manifested in Man of Marble (1976) and Man of Iron (1981), with Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa appearing as himself in the latter film. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andrzej_Wajda   (11012 words)

GreenCine product main - Ashes and Diamonds (Criterion Collection) (1958) Audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf on 'Ashes and Diamonds' Exclusive new interviews on each film with Andrzej Wajda, assistant director Janusz Morgenstern, and critic Jerzy Plazewski Wajda's 1951 film school short "Ceramics from Ilza (Ceramika Ilzecka)" www.greencine.com /webCatalogMore?id=36333&action=synopsis   (11012 words)

Films of Poland, about Poland, by Poles - Sylvek's Site A Generation, the first film in Wajda's unplanned war trilogy ( Kanal, Ashes and Diamonds), began a Polish film renaissance that would later include filmakers Jerzy Skolimowski and Roman Polanski (who is featured in the cast). Although they could make peace and work together in moments of common danger, these reconciliations never could be sustained--until their children grew up and fell in love with each other. Feliks Falk's updating of the story of Danielak, the hero of his film "Top Dog." Danielak, in a brilliant performance by Jerzy Stuhr, returns to show business after being sacked from his TV job in 1981, with a series of shows titled "Hero of the Year". sylvek78.tripod.com /6personalsite/polishfilm/polishfilms.html   (11012 words)

polishfilms.html A Generation, the first film in Wajda's unplanned war trilogy ( Kanal, Ashes and Diamonds), began a Polish film renaissance that would later include filmakers Jerzy Skolimowski and Roman Polanski (who is featured in the cast). More than 2,500 of these photos, set to a Polish musical score which includes liturgical, classical and contemporary music, illustrate a comprehensive narrative about Polish history and the development of its art, religion, architecture and literature (20 min). There they settle as neighbors, only to carry on the longstanding dispute they had while living in eastern sylvek78.tripod.com /6personalsite/polishfilm/polishfilms.html   (11012 words)

channel4.com/film - Kanal This, the central film in Wajda's Resistance trilogy (between A Generation and Ashes and Diamonds), starkly recreates the claustrophobic nightmare of an actual incident during the 1944 Warsaw uprising when Polish partisans were pursued and trapped in the sewers by Nazi soldiers. Over 12,000 film reviews and 100,000 people in our movie database Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski, Tadeusz Gwiadowski, Stanislaw Mikulski, Emil Karewicz www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=104903   (11012 words)

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