tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post4194857632367199888..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Aftermath: a powerful film about Catholic Poles and Jewish PolesHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-2755476252177676252013-12-15T17:28:11.536+11:002013-12-15T17:28:11.536+11:00ahh yes. Sometimes critical response is as importa...ahh yes. Sometimes critical response is as important as popular response.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-6155090832887729052013-12-15T11:03:16.861+11:002013-12-15T11:03:16.861+11:00Leading actor Maciej Stuhr did receive death threa...Leading actor Maciej Stuhr did receive death threats and local cinemas did ban the film. However there was wide critical praise. Aftermath won the Journalists' Prize and special jury recognition at the 2012 Gdynia Film Festival, Poland's most important movie industry event.The Jerusalem Reporthttp://truthpraiseandhelp.wordpress.com/2013/11/25/confronting-the-past/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-35578979802523654902013-12-04T09:35:56.415+11:002013-12-04T09:35:56.415+11:00Parnassus
I had no idea you have a Polish backgro...Parnassus<br /><br />I had no idea you have a Polish background :) Then you must see this film!<br /><br />I agree that the Polish population at the time of the Nazi invasion of Poland (Sept 1939) knew perfectly well what was happening *nod*. <br /><br />The point the film was making was that children born after the war, not eye witnesses themselves, truly have no idea what their parents did during the war. In 2000, these middle aged brothers didn't even know how their farm suddenly came into their family. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-87474380728404370962013-12-04T04:58:45.420+11:002013-12-04T04:58:45.420+11:00Hello Hels, Pogroms against the Jews occurred at ...Hello Hels, Pogroms against the Jews occurred at least since the 19th century in Poland, so the claim that there was no collaboration with the Nazis doesn't carry much weight of conviction. Well before WWII, in the early 20th century, my great-grandfather made every sacrifice to get his family out of Poland.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-89150998213901591562013-11-30T17:38:07.159+11:002013-11-30T17:38:07.159+11:00Mandy
True, true. Most films on offer, especially...Mandy<br /><br />True, true. Most films on offer, especially from Hollywood, are well produced but hardly rivetting.<br /><br />So Joe and I go every year to the annual film festivals that arrive in October and November - the very best films from France, Spain, Russia etc that may be difficult to watch but tell important stories.<br /><br />Aftermath is such a film.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-33886768556527019852013-11-30T10:41:46.125+11:002013-11-30T10:41:46.125+11:00It sounds like a really powerful film with that gr...It sounds like a really powerful film with that gritty feel European films so often possess. I must try see it. Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-49636736899158662762013-11-30T09:02:54.236+11:002013-11-30T09:02:54.236+11:00Andrew
The great thing about the film was that th...Andrew<br /><br />The great thing about the film was that the writer carefully based his words on the historical records. If an event couldn't be located by historians in the national or city archives, it wasn't included in the film.<br /><br />The most difficult thing in the film was these young men (presumably born in the 1950s) had to face what their father and his contemporaries did to the other Poles they went to school with. And were neighbours of.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-67573673974063391482013-11-30T08:45:58.908+11:002013-11-30T08:45:58.908+11:00A very grim and disturbing story but one that need...A very grim and disturbing story but one that needed to be told. I guess people standing by, turning a blind eye and doing nothing is understandable. Who wants to go against the flow and status quo? But what the film describes is a giant step beyond that point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com