Fellas, if she really loves you, she’ll agree to a double feature with Abel Gance’s Napoleon
Directed by Andrzej Wajda
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A spectacular, critically acclaimed war film.
Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.
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Fellas, if she really loves you, she’ll agree to a double feature with Abel Gance’s Napoleon
разворачивается обычный исторический фильм, чёрно-белые люди экзистенциально ходють по чёрно-белым пейзажам, но, вдруг — взятие крепости, толпы сумасшедших наводняют улицы, солдаты шарахаются от лохматых женщин, таращащих глаза, и, безумно хохоча, бегут насиловать монахинь. тут-то ты понимаешь, что на третьем часу Жулавски в роли ассистента режиссёра всё-таки пришёл на съёмки.
I almost want to watch The Saragossa Manuscript before I think about this, or at least read up on Polish history, because it's set in the same time period as Saragossa, and it seems like a sober version of that, with all the magic realism leached out. What's left is... evocative period trappings and a sprawling look at all the wars that Poland fought for other countries' benefit during the free-for-all of Napoleonic expansion. Is Wajda hinting that all that warmongering was an instrument that helped spread ideas about democratic governance across Europe? Does it have any particular theses at all? Or is Wajda just making a big-canvas big movie, like an arthouse version of one of those Lieutenant Flashman books, or a black and white Zhivago? Strong set-pieces, weak story-telling, characterization.
Set during the Napoleonic wars, the film follows Polish legions fighting alongside French forces with the hope of national revival.
It was directed by Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda in 1965, known for his prominent contributions to national cinema.
