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Sir William presents: Prospero's Books dir. Peter Greenaway, 1991 Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books is not a film to be watched only for plot. It is a film to enter - like a cabinet of wonders, an illuminated manuscript, a theatre of bodies, voices, water, ink, architecture and magic. Inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest, it transforms the play into a feverish visual experience, where cinema behaves like painting, theatre, opera, calligraphy and dream all at once. At the centre is Sir John Gielgud, whose voice and presence give the film the gravity of a final grand performance. Around him, Greenaway builds a world of books, images, textures and rituals - a universe where knowledge itself becomes sensual, dangerous and hypnotic. This is Shakespeare not as literary monument, but as a living, unstable organism: excessive, strange, beautiful, intellectual and bodily. Critics have often struggled to describe the film, which is perhaps part of its fascination. Roger Ebert wrote that Prospero's Books is "not a movie in the sense that we usually employ the word," but rather "an experiment in form and content," adding that it should be approached "like a record album or an art book." Time Out praised the film's "sheer ambition and audacity," while The Guardian called it "a visual and aural feast." Even a more sceptical review in The Washington Post admitted that the film is a "phantasmagoria of moviemaking magic" and "an aesthetic breakthrough." This is a film worth seeing because it asks us to change the way we watch. It does not politely adapt Shakespeare - it explodes him into images. It is demanding, yes, but also intoxicating: a rare chance to experience cinema as a spell, a book as a universe, and the screen as a place where language becomes matter. ******* For quick contact join our movie lovers whatsapp group, to get the link please pm me. ****** Organizational info: We are going to meet in one of those three places please check ideally during the day of the meeting if the location of the event didn't change. 1. Trattoria Venezia, downstairs in pizzeria which is in the same building with hotel. Just enter ask waiter or receptionist about the movie meeting and go downstairs to join us. Please remember that the glass doors to the movie room opens SIDE ways. Please don't push them nor pull. Meeting is for free it will be kind to order something. There is ok beer and coffee and very good pizza. Nevertheless please don't bring your own food and drinks. 2. Cyrki - downstairs in artistic cafe. This place doesn't look very spacious at fist but it has much more space in the basement. They have beer there, good coffee nachos and cakes. 3. Cafe literacka - located in the bookstore, ask bar attender where the movie room is located. They have great cakes and salads, ok beer and sinfully cheap table wine. *********************************;*********** Paweł is a local city, cultural and food tour guide in Kraków since 2007. Initially his knowledge about Polish films was average. But then when he discover how usefull movies are as educational tools to talk about Poland things have changed. He started to focus more on the important movies about Polish history. Then one day in November 2015 he decided to share it not only during his work as a proffesional tour guide, but also to Couchsurfing community and all culturally hungry people, this time totally for free. Since that day in 2015 Paweł joined academy of Polish films academy, attended as many lectures as possible. Constantly reads about Polish cinema and developed his true passion. At one point Paweł did even screen several Polish low-budget productions inviting people who were involved in production. But it was difficult to find movies like that regularly. If you would like to screen yours movie or movie of your friend, let me know! When after almost 90 years Poland finally got first Oscar, (We have only one small category - foreign language film) Paweł organized screening of "Ida" in cinema twice. In his opinion English subtitles well very much cenzored which ... is the key reason why this movie get oscar. Nevertheless first Paweł's impression about the event was terrible. 60 people in the hall, for many of them it was the first Polish film they will ever see, at least half of them eating chips making huge noice with their plastic packages, one person even open yoghurt, take the spoon and start to eat regular supper... Paweł though that that will be huge failer, those people probably expect an easy entertainment, American style shallow action or comedy film, but... At the end of the screening there was about 2 minutes of total silence... and then huge applause after. Paweł thinks that something very important happened that night and those emotions related made this project very valuable! Each movie is followed by Pawel's or his friend introduction. Sometimes they also screen very rare and almost impossible to find online interviews with director. Off course all materials are with English subtitles. Sometimes screening of the movie is connected with the tour in the museum or around the city if the topic is related. Integration in English & Party #cinema #arthouse #localcinema #polishmovie #polishcinema #kinastudyjne #film #movie #krakow

Sir William presents: Prospero's Books dir. Peter Greenaway, 1991 Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books is not a film to be watched only for plot. It is a film to enter - like a cabinet of wonders, an illuminated manuscript, a theatre of bodies, voices, water, ink, architecture and magic. Inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest, it transforms the play into a feverish visual experience, where cinema behaves like painting, theatre, opera, calligraphy and dream all at once. At the centre is Sir John Gielgud, whose voice and presence give the film the gravity of a final grand performance. Around him, Greenaway builds a world of books, images, textures and rituals - a universe where knowledge itself becomes sensual, dangerous and hypnotic. This is Shakespeare not as literary monument, but as a living, unstable organism: excessive, strange, beautiful, intellectual and bodily. Critics have often struggled to describe the film, which is perhaps part of its fascination. Roger Ebert wrote that Pr...