11 minutes film skolimowski

His camera prowls through the warsaw hotel rooms, offices, and homes of a. With 11 minutes, skolimowski gathers inspiration from an increasingly fragmented and decentralized post911 society. Set in warsaw, it tells the story of multiple peoples lives over the course of eleven. Premiering in competition at the 2015 venice film festival where it was honored with a special mention, and selected as his countrys. Before the opening scene of 11 minutes, the idea of the film is illustrated in a precredits sequence. Perhaps more an exercise in chaos rather than a tightly written narrative, 11 minutes might be just a fun experiment instead of a proper movie experience. Skolimowskis sprawling and irrational 11 minutes crashes. A warning, a wakeup call and one helluva wild ride, jerzy skolimowskis sensational city symphony is the masterpiece of this.

Jerzy skolimowski s jigsaw suspense drama premiered at the venice film festival. Cinema scope tiff 2015 11 minutes jerzy skolimowski. A crosssection of urbanites converge on a fateful afternoon in this flamboyant, energetic exercise in pure suspense, a technical tourdeforce that plays and replays an 11 minute timeframe from myriad vantage points. It stars richard dormer, paulina chapko, wojciech mecwaldowski, andrzej chyra, dawid ogrodnik, agata buzek, piotr glowacki, mateusz kosciukiewicz, ifi ude, jan nowicki, anna maria buczek, and lukasz sikora. Polish master jerzy skolimowski four nights with anna, essential killing shuttles between the stories of several characters over the course of eleven minutes on a single day in warsaw. A graduate of the prestigious national film school in lodz, skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 debut oko wykol the menacing eye. Premiering in competition at the 2015 venice film festival where it was honored with a. Set in contemporary warsaw, the films glossy aesthetics match the jaunty lives of its characters. It has been compared to a formally adventurous for mainstream cinema film like lola rennt run lola run, tom tykwer, 1999, although im inclined to think a film like memento christopher nolan, 2001 is a more relevant cross reference. So its dispiriting to report that his first feature in five years, 11 minutes, is an empty feat of technical virtuosity driven by a bleakly obvious vision of the murky morality of the post9 11.

Around every corner lurks the unforeseen, the unimaginable. Jerzy skolimowski manages the 81 minutes of the movie, which correspond to 11 fictional minutes, to feel like real time. A crosssection of urbanites converge on a fateful afternoon in this flamboyant, energetic exercise in pure suspense, a technical tourdeforce that plays and replays an. A sleazy filmmaker richard dormer invites an inexperienced actress paulina chapko to a castingcouch audition in this ensemble drama from director jerzy skolimowski, which views an 11 minute. Veteran director jerzy skolimowski returns to his native poland for 11 minutes, a fragmented thriller concerned with chance and cosmic timing. Skolimowskis new film, 11 minutes, which premiered at the the 2015 venice film fest, is polands nominee for the best foreign language film oscar. For those familiar with the work of jerzy skolimowski which certainly applies to many visitors to iffr, as the festival shows virtually all his films 11 minutes takes some getting used to. The movie consists of the same eleven minutes played out a cataclysmic concluding event aside from all different angles. In the span of eleven tense minutes, a whirlwind of interlocking tales of life in the surveillance age unfold in this stylish, propulsive thriller from acclaimed director jerzy skolimowski deep end, essential killing. Tiziana vox recensisce 11 minutes di jerzy skolimowski, in concorso alla 72ma edizione della mostra del cinema di venezia. Jerzy skolimowskis brash, disposable 11 minutes the shatteredglass approach does have its fleeting pleasures as we attempt to. Jerzy skolimowski wants to talk about the ending of 11 minutes, his new movie.

It stars richard dormer, paulina chapko, wojciech mecwaldowski. In 2015 jerzy skolimowski turned 77, but he made a film which proves that he is one of the youngest directors in polish cinema still hungry, ready to experiment, and searching for innovative forms. Skolimowski, who is 77, an old dog, and while the multistranded, chronologically intricate narrative conceit of 11 minutes isnt exactly a new trick, its one he pulls. Jerzy skolimowskis jigsaw suspense drama premiered at the venice film festival. They live in an unsure world where anything could happen at any time. In 11 minutes, jerzy skolimowskis first film in five years, and his first set in poland since four nights with anna 2008, time expands and arcs. A crosssection of contemporary urbanites whose lives and loves intertwine. Apr 04, 2016 in 11 minutes, jerzy skolimowskis first film in five years, and his first set in poland since four nights with anna 2008, time expands and arcs. Polish master jerzy skolimowski four nights with anna, essential killing shuttles between the stories of several characters over the course of. Watch on ifc films unlimited with prime video channels. Despite a feeble effort to toss in some thematic import by way of a mysterious object in the sky.

Although the film seems to play a bit fast and loose with that. By this point in his career, the seventysevenyearold polish filmmaker is no stranger to the beginnings of another narrative journey. Set during the brief moment of the title, 11 minutes, jerzy skolimowski s drama of colliding lives of a group of. But skolimowskis erratic career has often trucked in willful, beautiful ambiguities take 1978s the shout, and 11 minutes which does not actually chronicle an elevenminute span. Jerzy skolimowskis film yields an illusion of simultaneous forward motion for events that are both extremely lucid and inscrutable. Skolimowskis career is defined by a healthy disregard for conventional filmmaking. The hectic opening montage, made up of shots from telephones, laptops or security cameras, sets the tone for a mosaic narrative that does not slow down. Skolimowski is 80 now and makes movies as if he was a 28 years old new star trying to plant a bomb under that fossilized and utterly boring world of contemporary cinema. Aug 28, 2015 with 11 minutes, skolimowski gathers inspiration from an increasingly fragmented and decentralized post9 11 society. The screening of jerzy skolimowskis seventeenth feature 11 minutes 2015 at the 2016 melbourne international film festival, reminded me of a provocation is surrealism a cure for film criticism. Everything is connected in jerzy skolimowskis 11 minutes. This film from director jerzy skolimowski takes place over the course of 11 minutes during a day in warsaw, exploring the stories of a number of people in the process. Either way, its good to see that skolimowski, at 78, is still trying to innovate. Polish auteur jerzy skolimowski, now 77 years of age, continues a prolific resurgence, having ended a sixteen year absence between 1991s ferdyduke and 2008s four nights with anna with another new feature, the somewhat arbitrarily titled 11 minutes.

A jealous husband out of control, his sexy actress wife, a sleazy hollywood director, a reckless drug messenger, a disoriented young woman, an excon hot dog vendor, a troubled student on a mysterious. In spite of the variety of stories that characterize his oeuvre, each film. The film was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd. From the beginning, we know we are in the hands of an unhinged master. This film from director jerzy skolimowski takes place over the course of 11 minutes during a day in warsaw, exploring the stories of a number of people in the. Best known as the director of deep end, the shout and more recently essential killing, skolimowski is a filmmaker who excels with unconventional narratives, a description that describes this film in spades. Apr 07, 2016 but skolimowskis erratic career has often trucked in willful, beautiful ambiguities take 1978s the shout, and 11 minutes which does not actually chronicle an elevenminute span. A sleazy filmmaker richard dormer invites an inexperienced actress paulina chapko to a castingcouch audition in this ensemble drama from director jerzy skolimowski, which views an 11minute. Skolimowski masterfully disorients viewers with a series of seemingly unrelated vignettes that ultimately meet up, but not in the way you might. Whether that is sustainable over the short runtime the film is an hour and twenty minutes is a concern. In a city square in warsaw, a sleazy film director auditions a married actress in a hotel room. A t 77, skolimowski surely proved that hes still up for surprises with his technically and formalistically masterful 11 minutes, a complex exercise in hyperlink cinema, in which eleven minutes of the lives of a dozen or so people intersect in a grand finale of apocalyptic proportions.

The narrative follows eleven minutes in several peoples lives. An unexpected chain of events can seal many fates in a mere 11 minutes. Well into his eighth decade, and his sixth of directing features, polish veteran jerzy skolimowski shows no shortage of vigour, or appetite for challenge, in 11 minutes, a thoroughly entertaining. Esteemed polish auteur jerzy skolimowski began his directorial career in the late 60s, but gained international acclaim outside of his native film system, dipping into the frenchbelgian production of the departure 1967, headlined by jeanpierre leaud and winning the director the golden berlin bear, before helming a. Lola playfully tweaks cause and effect narrative rather than. Jerzy skolimowski s brash, disposable 11 minutes the shatteredglass approach does have its fleeting pleasures as we attempt to piece the bigger picture together and to work out.

An interview with jerzy skolimowski by paul risker. And its with total delight that i report that this pedigree is on full display in 11 minutes. Skolimowski masterfully disorients viewers with a series of seemingly unrelated vignettes that ultimately meet up, but not in the way you might expect based on everythingisconnected dramas like babel and crash. Where his spare, abstract survival film essential killing 2010 focused on one character, 11 minutes persistently switches attention among a network of people one afternoon in warsaw. Jerzy skolimowskis 11 minutes is an experimental film showing lives crossing paths under the gaze of video cameras in warsaw. Set during the brief moment of the title, 11 minutes, jerzy skolimowskis drama of colliding lives of a group of. Sep 09, 2015 so its dispiriting to report that his first feature in five years, 11 minutes, is an empty feat of technical virtuosity driven by a bleakly obvious vision of the murky morality of the post9 11. So its dispiriting to report that his first feature in five years, 11 minutes, is an empty feat of technical virtuosity driven by a bleakly obvious vision of the murky morality of the post911. Sep 09, 2015 polish master jerzy skolimowski four nights with anna, essential killing shuttles between the stories of several characters over the course of eleven minutes on a single day in warsaw. The lives of several varsovians are intertwined for just 11 minutes. Jerzy skolimowskis 11 minutes 2015 senses of cinema. Sep 24, 2015 skolimowskis new film, 11 minutes, which premiered at the the 2015 venice film fest, is polands nominee for the best foreign language film oscar. Ceritanya mengisahkan tentang sebelas menit dalam kehidupan beberapa orang.