(aka 'The Scar')
Kryzysztof Kieslowski's feature film debut, The Scar presages his future
triumphs Camera Buff and Blind Chance in its even handed social
critique and richly personal characterizations. A former documentary filmmaker,
Kieslowski here weaves a story of contradiction, compromise and hypocrisy that
is both objective and incisive. As a drama of the shifting fortunes of a massive
rural factory project, The Scar pits community against government, environment
against industry and ambition against responsibility.
"Is everything under control?" demands an ambitious small town Polish Communist
official preparing to receive a delegation from Warsaw. At stake is a large
fertilizer factory contract that would mean hundreds of jobs for a dirt poor
rural province. But winning the contract creates more problems than it solves as
politicians, environmentalists, displaced citizens and journalists alike
inadvertently plumb the gap between rigid state socialism and the anarchy of
human nature. Builder turned reluctant factory director Stefan Bednarz' "quiet
conscience" becomes the moral center of a sprawling, Altmanesque human tapestry
of greed, petty conspiracy and self-righteous grudge holding.
Kieslowski packed The Scar with the vivid characters, lucid imagery and
honest ambiguities that would go on to define his 80's and 90's triumphs.
Whether in the adversarial relationship between Bednarz and his journalist
nemesis, the mother-hen buffoonery of Bednarz' local political counterparts or
the selfish flailing of Communist Party underlings and workers, The Scar
is a trenchant and sensitive portrait of a society hopelessly mired in its own
ideology.
Theatrical Release: December 6th, 1976 - Warsaw
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DVD Review: Kino Video - Region 0 - NTSC
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The only real failing of this DVD is that it is non-progressive and exhibits combing in horizontal pans. Other than that I was quite impressed - anamorphic, in and around the correct aspect ratio (1.66), acceptable sharpness, a little film grain and dirt, a shade dark at times, good removable subtitles, original audio and some fabulous extra features including interviews with Idziak, Holland and Zarnecki. The short "Concert of Requests" is a great find. I suspect that this entire package has been ported from the existing French MK2 (non English subtitled) releases which Kino does quite frequently (they probably have some arrangement), including the extras - but Kino have thankfully added optional English subtitles.I found no visible proof that they were taken directly from PAL masters although there is evidence now that they are. Initially I thought this was quite expensive, but for what you get supplement-wise, it is quite understandable and if purchased with the Collection Boxset you can see a substantial savings. This is an absolute must-have DVD package and we give it a very high recommendation! |
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Recommended Film reading on Kieslowski (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)
Kieslowski (Rivages / cinéma) by Vincent Amiel |
The Films of Krzysztof Kieslowski: The Liminal Image by Joseph G. Kickasola |
Double Lives, Second Chances : The Cinema of
Krzysztof Kieslowski by Annette Insdorf |
The Fright of Real Tears: Krzysztof
Kieslowski Between Theory and Post-Theory
by Slavoj Zizek |
The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski :
Variations on Destiny and Chance
by Marek Haltof |
Kieslowski on Kieslowski ed. by Danusia Stok |
Three Colors Trilogy : Blue, White and Red
by Krzystof Kieslowski |
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