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The Free Market Cinema

The Free Market Cinema. Polish Action Flms in the 1990. PIGS ( Psy , 1992). Psy =Dogs , slang for cops. Director: Władysław Pasikowski. Starring: Bogusław Linda, Marek Kondrat, Cezary Pazura, Janusz Gajos.

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The Free Market Cinema

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  1. The Free Market Cinema Polish Action Flms in the 1990

  2. PIGS (Psy, 1992) • Psy=Dogs, slang for cops. • Director: Władysław Pasikowski. • Starring: Bogusław Linda, Marek Kondrat, Cezary Pazura, Janusz Gajos. • "What is 'Dogs' about? 'About a dog's world, about the fact that freedom also engenders filth and stupidity while destroying ideals.” www.filmpolski.pl

  3. Pigs II: The Last Blood(Psy II: Ostatnia krew, 1994) • A critic about Pigs: “[I]t is one of the most important Polish films of the 1990s. ... going far beyond the craft of gangster films, introducing a new esthetics and a new type of a hero to Polish filmmaking.” (Gazeta Wyborcza, December 15, 2000).

  4. A new (anti?)hero of the 1990s • Lonely; • Middle-aged; • Desperate; • Reckless; • Drinking; • Out of work; • Former officer; • Hopelessly fights criminals; • Wins accidentally (if ever).

  5. Sara(1997) • Director: Maciej Ślesicki • Starring: Bogusław Linda and Agnieszka Włodarczyk • Genre: action/romance/parody. • Ironic references to famous films, Polish and American.

  6. Sara: Ironic References • Mafia films (TheGodfather)watched by the characters; • A poster of Daddy (Tato); • The character’s name and a poster of Leon: The Professional by Luc Besson. • A tango scene: The Scent of a Woman. • Leon burns a book: Dostoevski’s Crime and Punishment. • The final scene: K9.

  7. Sara • Drug dealer scene • The tango scene • Action

  8. The Killer (Kiler, 1997) • Director: Juliusz Machulski • Starring: Cezary Pazura, Jerzy Stuhr. • Soundtrack: Electryczne Gitary (Electric Guitars), a popular rock group. • A quid pro quo (mix-up) comedy. • Parody on Western action films; comic use of clichés. • Followed by Two Killers (Kiler-ów 2-óch, 1997).

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