Boguslaw Sobczuk, Ewa Pokas, Jerzy Nowak
A young factory worker buys an amateur movie camera so he can take pictures of his newborn daughter. But, when a clumsy documentary he made for work wins a prize at a local festival, he goes camera cr...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 17, 2004
Stats: 88 reviews
Although Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski (who went on to direct the Three Colors trilogy, "The Double Life of Veronique", and the 10-part miniseries "The Decalogue) stated that "Camera Buff" wasn't necessarily biographical, it's not hard to draw connections between the film'...( read more)
Remarkably insightful film by Kieslowski on film making, family and the affect art has on the world.
Kieslowski's breakout film is one of the most interesting films about filmmaking. While not as artistic as KK's later Three Colors Trilogy, Camera Buff is a fascinating look at the purposes of filmmaking, its consequences, censorship, and the moral and social responsibilities of...( read more)
Kieslowski's wonderful look at the responsibilities of the filmmaker. It focuses on how a simple hobby becomes an obsession. The performances and cinematogrophy are simply brilliant, and the film only has trouble in some moments of pacing. Overall this is a must see for fans of c...( read more)
A man buys a 8mm camera and his obsession with filmmaking changes his life.
"Documentaries are as close to truth as glaciers are to farting" -Herzog
Not just part auto-biography of Kieslowski who was a documentary film maker, but stopped after repeated censorship issues. Basically it's about how capturing "simple realism" is anything but, and I will go ...( read more)
Kieslowski's testament as an amateur film-maker.The movie shows that,not the movie as a whole.The movie within a movie is a brilliant characteristic executed perfectly by his alter ego Jerzy Stuhr.From the first frame to the last second we as audience feel the passion of one's dr...( read more)
A very raw and yes flawed but yet an intriguing discovery of a man's pursuit of something greater and then led down, never knowing or not yet knowing what is greater and yet believing it blindly and then collapsing. I sometimes believe some men are stronger for a reason, some are...( read more)
Para quem conhece Krzysztof Kieslowski por sua última obra, Trilogia das Cores, O Amador traz um dos principais elementos do diretor, a simplicidade nas narrativas ao retratar as emoções humanas nos mais diversos contextos.
O filme, que não recebeu a devida atenção fora das fronteiras polonesas, conta a história de Filip Mosz, trabalhador da maior indústria de uma pequena cidade, que compra uma câmera para filmar a recém nascida filha. No entanto, o fascínio que o cinema exerce sobre Mosz fica claro quando seu chefe descobre a nova aquisição e o contrata para filmar um evento da companhia. A partir daí, Mosz transpõe a cidadezinha, passando a filmar tudo ao redor e o filme transcende a Polônia, mostrando reações universais à tela e o início do cinema em qualquer lugar do mundo.
Apesar de focar no impacto da máquina, O Amador se revela um dos filmes mais autorais de Kieslowski, apresentando os impactos da sétima arte e até onde afastamento da vida real de um homem pode levá-lo.
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