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ABC Book (S)

Original title: Elementarz (ABC Book)
Year: 1976
Running time: 9 min.
Country: Poland
Director: Wojciech Wiszniewski
Screenwriter: Wojciech Wiszniewski
Cast: Documentary
Music: Janusz Hajdun
Cinematography: Jerzy Zielinski
Producer: Wytwórnia Filmów Oswiatowych
Genre: Documentary | Experimental Cinema. Short Film
Synopsis: This extraordinary picture does not fit into any genre. It is a freak of nature, a acinematic oddity like no other. It took considerable bravery and imaginatio, or perhaps a bliss of ignorance as to the implication of one's actions (common to the artists), to make a film in which for the most part people recite the alphabet. The primer symbolises a key to the people communicate and perceive the world and traditions. The film is premeated with ugliness and lifelessness, which are extraordinary lit and beautifully captured by Jerzy Zielinski's camera. Tradition is dead, communication between people has become ossified in its banal formats; we all know the letters of the alphabet but cannot put them into sentences which would express out true selves. (FILMAFFINITY)

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ABC Book (S)

1976

Wojciech Wiszniewski