There are many revelations in Masterpieces”... an incredible opportunity to discover the great power of Polish cinema, on the big screen in brilliantly restored digital masters. - Martin Scorsese August 6, 2014 Hartford, CT...The critically acclaimed new film series Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema will screen at Cinestudio, located on the campus of Trinity College in Hartford, August 15-28. This essential selection, individually chosen by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, features sixteen brilliant and rarely seen movies from Poland’s best filmmakers. Each digitally re-mastered and restored film will screen for one night. Masterpieces was conceived in 2011, when Martin Scorsese went to Lodz, home of the legendary Polish National Film School, to receive an award. Watching incredible films made from 1957-87, as Polish directors portrayed life in the brutal aftermath of World War II, to the stultifying oppression of Communism, to the move towards greater freedoms, Scorsese realized “I had to bring these films home with me.” To watch Martin Scorsese discuss his love of Polish cinema and show clips from the film series in a short video, go to: mspresents The sixteen films in the series include gorgeously restored classics by well-known directors: Andrzej Wajda (Ashes and Diamonds, The Promised Land, and Man of Iron); Krzysztof Kieslowski (A Short Film About Killing, Blind Chance); and Krzysztof Zanussi (The Illumination, The Constant Factor, and Camouflage). Even more exciting for fans of film and Polish culture are the works of directors that few have had the opportunity to see. Just two of the revelations are The Hour-Glass Sanatorium, based on the surreal novels of Bruno Schulz, who was killed by a Nazi soldier; and Mother Joan of the Angels, based on the true story of an exorcist sent to defeat the demons running rampant in a 1634 French convent. Ticket prices are $9 for the general public, and $7 for seniors over 62, students from any school, and Friends of Cinestudio. Series Tickets are also avaiable. For directions to Cinestudio or more information on the series, call 860.297.CINE, or find us online at cinestudio.org. For more information we can be reached at 860-297-2544 or at [email protected] Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema Friday August 15 7:30 pm THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT Dir. WOJCIECH HAS (1964) Supernatural, erotic and picaresque, Has influential film is based on the 1815 novel by Jan Potock. Two opposing soldiers in the Napoleonic Wars discover a manuscript that describes the adventures of Alphonse van Worden, a traveler making his way through the haunted Sierra Morena Mountains. 183 m Saturday 8/16 7:30 pm ASHES AND DIAMONDS Dir. ANDRZEJ WAJDA (1958) At the end of WWII, a young Polish resistance soldier reaches a crossroads when Nazi rule is replaced by a communist regime that is not what he and his compatriots have been fighting for. A poignant masterpiece of acting and cinematography directed by Andrezj Wadja (Danton, Man of Iron). 103 min Sunday 8/17 2:30 pm BLIND CHANCE Dir. KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI (1981) Krzysztof Kieslowski (director of the Blue, White, Red trilogy) explores his fascination with the random nature of human choice by presenting three alternative versions of the life of 20-year old Witek, whose whole future depends on whether he can catch a train. 123 min. Sun. 8/17 7:30 pm MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS Dir. JERZY KAWALEROWICZ (1960) A young and virtuous exorcist is sent to a mysterious monastery inhabited by beautiful nuns who are said to be possessed by demons and tempted by lust. Based on the true events of 1634 in France that also inspired Ken Russell’s notorious classic film, The Devils. 110 min. Monday 8/18 7:30 pm TO KILL THIS LOVE Dir. JANUSZ MORGENSTERN (1972) As Neil Armstrong lands on the moon, two young Poles who are kept out of university by communist quotas discover love, as they dream of an independence they cannot enjoy. Funny, realistic, and ironic: a portrait of a Polish way of life that has disappeared. 92 min. Tuesday 8/19 7:30 pm JUMP Dir. TADEUSZ KONWICKI (1965) Part American western and part a nightmarish memory of war, Jump opens as a man on a train arrives at a ghost town where the people he meets aren’t sure if they recognize him or they think he is a dangerous liar. A satire of the amnesia of the post-war generation. 105 min. Wednesday 8/20 7:30 pm THE ILLUMINATION Dir. KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI (1972) One of three films in the festival by director Zanussi (himself a former physics scholar) is about a young provincial man comes to Warsaw to study physics, and finds his quest to grasp the meaning of existence distracted by the intrusion of real life. 93 min. Thursday 8/21 7:30 pm THE PROMISED LAND Dir. ANDRZEJ WAJDA (1974) Wajda’s Dickensian portrait of the industrial city of Lodz at the birth of 19th century capitalism. Two Poles (one Catholic, the other Jewish) and a German try to hold onto their humanity as they struggle to open their own factory. 170 min. Friday 8/22 7:30 pm THE HOUR-GLASS SANATORIUM Dir. WOJCIECH HAS (1973) A unique film based on the novel of the visionary Polish Jewish author Bruno Schulz, that reflects on the surreal nature of time and memory. The director’s addition of a meditation on the Holocaust was driven by the murder of Bruno Schulz by a Nazi officer. Winner, Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival. 124 min. Saturday 8/23 7:30 pm MAN OF IRON Dir. ANDRZEJ WAJDA (1981) A stirring masterpiece that follows the workers’ strike in Gdansk in August 1980 that forced the Polish government to allow the formation of the independent Solidarity trade union - thought by many to be the first crack in the edifice of the USSR. Winner, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival. 153 min. Sunday 8/24 2:30 pm THE WEDDING Dir. ANDRZEJ WAJDA (1972) Based on the revolutionary play by Stanis?aw Wyspianski, a peasant girl marries a member of the intelligentsia, and ghosts from the past join in the joyful celebrations, impelling the guests to fight for freedom. “Tragic, farcical, satiric, sacred, sarcastic, noble, and challenging...stands as a towering landmark in the history of Polish cinema!” - David Thompson, Sight and Sound. 107min. Sunday 8/24 7:30 pm A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING Dir. KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI (1987) Made the year before capital punishment was banned in Poland, Kieslowski’s film compares a senseless murder of a lawyer in Warsaw to the cold-blooded execution of the killer by the state. A Short Film About Killing became the inspiration for Kieslowskis celebrated 10 film series, The Decalogue. 86 min. Monday 8/25 7:30 pm THE CONSTANT FACTOR Dir. KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI (1980) A young man who dreams of following his father’s feat of climbing the Himalayas finds himself compromising his ideals when he takes a job at an international trade company. Winner, Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival. 91 min. Tuesday 8/26 7:30 pm AUSTERIA Dir. JERZY KAWALEROWICZ (1982) On the first night of WWI, a group of Hassidic Jews, an Austrian baroness, and a Hungarian officer all seek sanctuary from the Russian army in a country inn owned by a Jewish family. An intimate drama of individuals caught up in history, based on the novel by Julian Stryjkowski. 107 min. Wednesday 8/27 7:30 pm EROICA Dir. ANDRZEJ MUNK (1957) Unintentional heroism is the theme in two contrasting stories set during World War II: the absurd life of a cowardly drunkard who unwillingly becomes a resistance fighter during the Warsaw Uprising, and that of a Polish Officer in a German camp whose ambiguous escape inspires patriotism among the inmates. 85 min. Thursday 8/28 7:30 pm CAMOUFLAGE Dir. KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI (1976) The shallowness and cynicism of the academic milieu and the hypocrisy of idealism play out in the relationship between a young linguist and a diabolical associate professor. A universal story by one of the most influential – and ironic - Polish directors. 101 min. CINESTUDIO Telephone: 860 297 2544 300 Summit St Fax: 860 297 5126 Hartford CT 06106-3173 Showtimes: 860 297 CINE For a complete movie listing see the Cinestudio home page at cinestudio.org New memberships are available. Always FREE onsite PARKING! Tel: 860-247-1784 Did you know; 1. 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