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Polish Audiovisual Publishers have initiated publication of "Polish School of Document", a DVD series edited by Tadeusz Sobolewski and devoted to the Polish documentary film. Each record is dedicated to a different documentary filmmaker, and contains selected works from his output. The review presents directors both well-known and forgotten, mature as well as beginners. The first record features documentaries by Krzysztof Kieślowski. This year, the PWA plan to release three more DVDs containing films by Kazimierz Karabasz, Marcel Łoziński and Maciej Drygas.

Polska Szkoła Dokumentu: Krzysztof Kieślowski
240 min., subtitles: english, french

The matter of a documentary is reality, something which really exists: real people, real events, real feelings, moods, faces, thoughts, a real tear. The essence of this genre is the author’s personal, subjective attitude, above all this usually expressed by the film construction (dramaturgy - if one prefers), and achieved through a hard and fantastically interesting work in an editing room. A documentary does not tell the story of the author; it shows the world and people from the author's point of view. Sharpness, expressiveness, vividness of author’s outlook gives the film a rank. / KRZYSZTOF KIEŚLOWSKI

1. DVD

Z MIASTA ŁODZI / FROM THE CITY OF ŁÓDŹ, 1969
BYŁEM ŻOŁNIERZEM / I WAS A SOLDIER, 1970
REFREN / REFRAIN, 1972
MURARZ / BRICKLAYER, 1973
PRZEŚWIETLENIE / X-RAY, 1974
ŻYCIORYS / CURRICULUM VITAE,1975
KLAPS / SLATE, 1976

2. DVD
PIERWSZA MIŁOŚĆ / FIRST LOVE, 1974
SZPITAL / HOSPITAL, 1976
Z PUNKTU WIDZENIA NOCNEGO PORTIERA / FROM A NIGHT PORTER’S POINT OF VIEW, 1977
SIEDEM KOBIET W RÓŻNYM WIEKU / SEVEN WOMEN OF DIFFERENT AGES, 1978
GADAJĄCE GŁOWY / TALKING HEADS, 1980

Series editing and films selection: Tadeusz Sobolewski
Introduction, films description: Mikołaj Jazdon

The records are available at EMPIK and TRAFFIC CLUB stores, as well as at selected bookshops.