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Paweł Pawlikowski

Polish filmmaker; Ida (2013) won the Academy Award for Best International Feature, and he won Best Director at Cannes for Cold War (2018) and for Fatherland (2026).

9 things

BadlandsOther Terrence Malick

loved

I got seriously hooked on Taxi Driver, Badlands, Days of Heaven.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Paweł Pawlikowski, the entry for Badlands.

2018-12-31·criterion.com ↗

Days of HeavenOther Terrence Malick

loved

I got seriously hooked on Taxi Driver, Badlands, Days of Heaven.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Paweł Pawlikowski, the entry for Days of Heaven.

2018-12-31·criterion.com ↗

Loves of a BlondeOther Miloš Forman

loved

My favorite film from that era is probably Loves of a Blonde, which looks at the world without an agenda, rhetoric, or plot mechanics, but with lots of empathy and irony.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Paweł Pawlikowski, the entry for Loves of a Blonde.

2018-12-31·criterion.com ↗

Pierrot le fouOther Jean-Luc Godard

loved

I love both equally. In Pierrot le fou it was the garish colors, footloose narrative, and moments of total ennui where nothing happens and Anna Karina suddenly breaks into song for no good reason.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Paweł Pawlikowski, the entry for Pierrot le fou.

2018-12-31·criterion.com ↗

Vivre sa vieOther Jean-Luc Godard

loved

I love both equally. In Pierrot le fou it was the garish colors, footloose narrative, and moments of total ennui where nothing happens and Anna Karina suddenly breaks into song for no good reason. In Vivre sa vie it was the black-and-white photography, the off-center, often flat and seemingly accidental compositions, and the unexpected camera tracks.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Paweł Pawlikowski, the entry for Vivre sa vie.

2018-12-31·criterion.com ↗

À nos amoursOther Maurice Pialat

loved

I fell in love with Cassavetes when I first came across him with Husbands , but I can’t watch his films anymore because it seems like there’s a bunch of actors showing off in front of a shaky camera, whereas Pialat’s À nos amours has aged well.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Paweł Pawlikowski, the entry for À nos amours.

2018-12-31·criterion.com ↗

Ivan’s ChildhoodOther Andrei Tarkovsky

loved

The other Tarkovsky film I can watch repeatedly and keep discovering anew is Ivan’s Childhood.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Paweł Pawlikowski, the entry for Ivan’s Childhood.

2018-12-31·criterion.com ↗

AmarcordOther Federico Fellini

loved

Later I fell in love with Amarcord and 8½. The latter has become one of these comfort films I go back to watch every now and again, to reassure myself about the point of it all.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Paweł Pawlikowski, the entry for Amarcord.

2018-12-31·criterion.com ↗

8½Other Federico Fellini

loved

Later I fell in love with Amarcord and 8½. The latter has become one of these comfort films I go back to watch every now and again, to reassure myself about the point of it all.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Paweł Pawlikowski, the entry for 8½.

2018-12-31·criterion.com ↗

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