Afterimage

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Afterimage

Released May 19, 2017

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Polish avant-garde artist Wladyslaw Strzeminski struggles to promote his progressive ideas about art while battling his physical limitations and Stalinist tenets.

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Critics Consensus

Afterimage's punishing narrative pays dividends through Andrzej Wajda's still-formidable control and a message that, while certainly grim, is undeniably worthy.

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Brent McKnight

Seattle Times

Deliberately paced, bleak and a touch repetitive, Afterimages is a swan song from one of the greats, who, much like his subject, leaves viewers with a treatise on how to look at the world.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 15, 2017

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Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Wajda brings such a controlled fervor to this portrait because it's clear that, like Strzeminski, he identifies as a dissident in dangerous times.

Rated: A

May 26, 2017

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

"Afterimage" feels vividly connected to the Polish auteur's beginnings, yet also acts as the kind of haunting close that sums up a life.

May 25, 2017

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

'Afterimage' may be Strzemiński's bio-pic, but the images of endless breadlines, drafty hospital beds, and cigarette smoke hanging in the cold Polish air come across like memories tattooed on Wajda's brain.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 14, 2021

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

Wajda's film is perfectly well-made and much of it rings immediately true...

Jul 8, 2020

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Jacob Oller

Vague Visages

Wajda's loving examination of heroes has reached its logical conclusion in Afterimage, with the study of Strzemiński as unforgiving as the winter.

Aug 27, 2018

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Irene M

It was great to see Bogulslaw Linda, and I learned much about both post WWII poland and modern art. and, now that I have been doing duolingo, i think I am even picking up more polish vs depending on the subtitles!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/24/24

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It could be a wonderful movie about socialism impact on art in the twentieth century, but it is ruined by the terrible acting of Nina Strzeminska (B. Zamachowska)

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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4 1/2 Stars. Incredibly important piece of history is shown in this film, which also happens to be Wajdas very last film; The film doesn't offer much hope but definitely gets it's writer/directors deep concerns across against blind nationalism. I haven't seen any other Wajda film *hides* so I can't compare his other works to this, but I hear it fits perfectly in his filmography of political Polish films. The film is a little stagey but is meant well and is personal that it doesn't come across ham fisted at all really.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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So sad that I've just watched Wajda's last film. It isn't my favourite of his, but it's still essential Wajda. Very emotional.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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The last movie by Wajda didn't disappoint. One man that follows his principles even if it puts him against the whole communist system. Supporting cast and their stories are flat but it might be because of great acting of Boguslaw Linda. Strong performance by Linda playing disabled and burned out by his fight against the system artist.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Bogusław Linda

Wladyslaw Strzeminski

Aleksandra Justa

Katarzyna Kobro

Bronislawa Zamachowska

Nika Strzeminska

Zofia Wichlacz

Hania

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Julian Przybos

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Synopsis

Polish avant-garde artist Wladyslaw Strzeminski struggles to promote his progressive ideas about art while battling his physical limitations and Stalinist tenets.

Director: Andrzej Wajda
Producer: Michal Kwiecinski
Screenwriter: Andrzej Mularczyk
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Akson Studio
Genre: Biography, History, Drama
Original Language: Polish
Release Date (Theaters): May 19, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $30.1K
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

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