THE CINEMA OF MORAL CONCERN

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1 THE CINEMA OF MORAL CONCERN
POLISH CINEMA IN THE 1970s

2 Poland in the 1970s 1970: Food prices increased, riots (brutally suppressed) followed. The First Secretary of the Communist Party, Gomułka, replaced by Edward Gierek. Later in the decade: the “Golden Age” economy of borrowing; another crisis and formation of opposition.

3 Poland in the 1970s 1976: Strikes.
1978: the Archbishop of Kraków, Karol Wojtyła, elected Pope as John Paul II. The nation’s opposition solidified through church, trade unions, underground media, and unofficial culture.

4 The Cinema of Moral Concern
The term coined by Janusz Kijowski; first used by Wajda in 1979. Refers to realistic films of late 1970s that focus on contemporary problems, moral choices, ethical issues of individuals, often in conflict with the state.

5 The Cinema of Moral Concern
JERZY SZTUR IN KIEŚLOWSKI’S AMATOR (1979) MAIN REPRESENTATIVES Established masters, such as Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi, and a younger (“Third”) generation: Janusz Kijowski, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Agnieszka Holland, Felix Falk. The Cinema of Moral Concern

6 Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru, 1976)
Director: Andrzej Wajda. Starring: Krystyna Janda, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz. Time: the 1970s and 1950s. Place: Nowa Huta. Theme: socialist propaganda lies and moral corruption of the system. Protagonists: a winner of Stakhanovite socialist competition and a young filmmaker.