Rent Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema (1990)
3.5 of 5 from 61 ratings
1h 28min
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- Synopsis:
Marczewski's anti-totalitarian satire is a darkly comic examination of censorship. Adapting the premise of Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo to late 1980s Poland, the film centres on a provincial film censor who is horrified to discover that the actors in a trite romantic weepie are refusing to perform their roles. With shades also of Keaton's Sherlock, Jr. and Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, the film deftly combines social observation and surreal humour. Directed by one of Poland's leading intellectual - and much censored - filmmakers, this multi-award-winning feature is a key film of the seismic political changes of 1989, and an enthusiastic manifesto for the freedom of the artist - and ultimately, of all humanity. - Actors:
- Janusz Gajos, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Teresa Marczewska, Piotr Fronczewski, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Michal Bajor, Jan Peszek, Jerzy Binczycki, Artur Barcis, Maciej Kozlowski, Henryk Bista, Ewa Wencel, Krzysztof Wakulinski, Zofia Graziewicz, Aleksander Bednarz, Krystyna Tkacz, Zygmunt Bielawski, Ewa Wisniewska, Monika Bolly, Jerzy Gudejko
- Directors:
- Wojciech Marczewski
- Writers:
- Wojciech Marczewski
- Aka:
- Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc'
- Studio:
- Second Run
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy
- Collections:
- A History of Cinemas in Films, New waves of Polish Cinema, A Brief History of Film..., What to watch by country
- Countries:
- Poland
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clever stuff - Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema review by pete b
great critical & damning appraisal of how poor much of the output of 'socialist realism' was, whilst managing at same time to be amusing!
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