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Blind Chance = Przypadek
Title
Blind Chance = Przypadek / Studio Filmowe TOR ; Film Polski ; scenariusz i reżyseria, Krzysztof Kieślowski.
ISBN
1681430479
9781681430478
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold out insert
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1981.
"This is the 1981 version of the film with censored fragments restored" --Opening screens, English subtitle.
Special features: "Blind chance" unshelved (interview with Polish film critic Tadeusz Sobolewski discussing the film); Agnieszka Holland (interview with filmmaker Agnieszka Holland from 2003 discussing the film); Censored (nine sections from the film originally censored in Poland). Insert includes an essay by film critic Dennis Lim and a 1993 interview about the film with director Krzysztof Kieślowski.
New, restored 4k digital transfer of the original uncensored film, approved by cinematographer Krzysztof Pakulski
Producer, Jacek Szeligowski ; director of photography, Krzysztof Pakulski ; music, Wojciech Kilar ; production designer, Rafał Waltenberger ; editor, Elżbieta Kurkowska ; costume design, Agnieszka Domaniecka ; guest singer, Jacek Kaczmarski.
Polish dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Summary
A compelling drama about the difficulty of reconciling political ideals with personal happiness. This unforgettable film follows Witek, a medical student with an uncertain future in Communist Poland; the movie dramatizes Witek's journey as a series of different possibilities, suggesting that chance rules our lives as much as choice. First suppressed and then censored by the Polish government.
Variant and related titles
Przypadek
Container title: Blind chance
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Polish
Added to Catalog
March 20, 2018
Series
The Criterion collection ; 772
Credits
Producer, Jacek Szeligowski ; director of photography, Krzysztof Pakulski ; music, Wojciech Kilar ; production designer, Rafał Waltenberger ; editor, Elżbieta Kurkowska ; costume design, Agnieszka Domaniecka ; guest singer, Jacek Kaczmarski.
Cast
Bogusław Linda, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Bogusława Pawelec, Marzena Trybała, Jacek Borkowski, Jacek Sas-Uchrynowski, Adam Ferency, Irena Byrska, Monika Goździk, Zygmunt Hübner, Jerzy Stuhr, Kazimiera Nogajówna, Stefania Iwińska, Bogdan Niewinowski, Piotr Skarga, Piotr Loretz, Jacek Kaczmarski, Maciej Maciejewski, Kazimierz Jaworksi, Mirosław Siedler.
System details note
Blu-ray, region A; widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio) presentation; uncompressed stereo.
Videorecording number
CC2529BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Political films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Political films.
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