“The Main Thing is to Love”: On Andrzej Żuławski’s Films
Abstract
Kletowski explores the creative activity of Andrzej Zuławski, focusing on the style, intensity and main plots of his films. Kletowski argues that they are invariably marked by disintegration and corruption, and for the director, Romanticism is a “horror of blood, fire and sperm, taking place under the empty sky”. The life of Zuławski’s heroes is a spasmodic tussle, excesses, violence, cruelty, tears and ugliness in which beauty manifests itself just for a split second.
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Andrzej Żuławski, excess, RomanticismReferences
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Piotr Kletowskikwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Jagiellonian University Poland
Asystent w Zakładzie Japonistyki i Sinologii UJ. Interesuje się kinem autorskim oraz kinematografią azjatycką. Redaktor naczelny działu filmowego kwartalnika „Ha!art.” Opublikował Śmierć jest moim zwycięstwem. Kino Takeshiego „Beata” Kitano (2000). Pracuje nad książką Adaptacje w filmowej twórczości Stanleya Kubricka, monografią kina japońskiego.
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