Polish film director Andrzej Wajda dies

BBC ^ | October 9

[dfwgator]

Oscar-winning Polish film director Andrzej Wajda has died aged 90, the Polish Filmmakers' Association has confirmed. He made more than 40 feature films in a career spanning 60 years. Many of his films - including Kanal, Man of Marble, Man of Iron and Katyn - were inspired by Poland's turbulent wartime and communist history. In 2000, Wajda was awarded an honorary Oscar for his contribution to world cinema.

[dfwgator]

Truly one of the greatest directors of all time.

[dfwgator]

Ping.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk.

[dfwgator]

I would recommend Katyn.

[beaversmom]

Thank you. I’ll try to read about it.

(Not sure why my post got all smooshed up like that as I didn’t add any html.)

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[beaversmom]

Found it:

Katyn (2007)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0879843

Katyn Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

“Kanal” was truly a frightening and sad look at how the Nazis decimated the “Warsaw Uprising” of 1944 with the Soviet’s deliberate stand-off of forces in order to let the Germans wipe out any potential free Polish government in the future.

[FreedomGuru]

Spoczywaj w pokoju

[miss marmelstein]

Great, great film director - all his movies about the Polish solidarity movement! I was privileged to see his work as a theater director at SUNY when he brought a chilling and exciting production of “The Dybbuk” to NYS. It was entirely in Polish but unforgettable.

[Nothingburger]

Wow. I thought he had died years ago. In any event, congratulations on a life well lived.

[dfwgator]

It was an insult to Wajda that the Academy chose of all people, Jane Fonda to present him with an Honorary Oscar.

[Matt_DZ_PL]

In one of his last interview for a German newspaper he said Poland had been under the fascist system since the last elections.
Frankly speaking, my huge lifetime respect and admiration for him vanished after that hideous blasphemy once and for all.

I wanted to ask him a question where had he seen the gas chambers and crematoria in current Poland, etc.etc.etc but I was late...

Actually, in Poland we have a saying “About the dead speak highly or keep quiet.”

So, in his case I’ll be as silent as the deepest abyss.

[dfwgator]

It is sad to see so many being deceived, when in fact it was the PO that were acting like the Fascists when they were in power.