THE INTERROGATION Przesuchanie By Ryszard Bugajski Ryszard Bugajski
THE INTERROGATION (Przesłuchanie) By Ryszard Bugajski
Ryszard Bugajski (b. 1943) • Born in Warsaw. • Studied philosophy at Warsaw University. • Graduated from the Łodz Film School. • Directed over 20 films and TV productions. • Scriptwriter; writer. • “The Bugajski effect”: lost work, was forced to emigrate in 1985.
THE INTERROGATION (1982) • Starring: Krystyna Janda (best actress at the Cannes, 1989), Adam Ferency, Janusz Gajos. • Made right before the introduction of Martial Law. • Condemned as “anti-Socialist, ” nearly burned; banned and shelved. • Distributed illegally on video till 1989.
THE INTERROGATION: Themes • The state vs an individual. Kafkaesque world (compare to Kafka’s novel The Trial) • An Idea vs the “idea-less. ” • Political and sexual repression.
![First-hand testimony “[T]he story was really based on the lives of two real women](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/02290448f644e477cea553f8386a554b/image-5.jpg "First-hand testimony “[T]he story was really based on the lives of two real women")
First-hand testimony “[T]he story was really based on the lives of two real women who lived through the Stalinist hell. … We had to make sure that we documented the film very well because we had to defend everything we did in front of a review board. That is why the French reaction at the Cannes festival showing, that the film was unreal, made me angry. It was remarkably factual. ” Krystyna Janda
Freudian imagery; spilt ink/spilt blood
Lighting
Intertextuality
Intertextuality
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