Barbara Krafftowna, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Iga Cembrzynska
Based on the early 19th century novel by Polish author Jan Potocki, THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT is a brilliant, sexy and extraordinarily imaginative film. Starring the celebrated Zbigniew Cybulski ( Ash...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 26, 2002
Stats: 96 reviews
By the Elysian Fields and Hades,the photographic proportions of this film were highly jubilant!The farcical approach helps to create a Dionysian environment and at times,a zany comprehension of non-linear events,in which the ending is unimportant...Wojciech Has prefers to entice ...( read more)
It's hard to rate this... it was interesting but I remember being a little disappointed by it. However, I read Maxine Hong Kingston's "Tripmaster Monkey" in which a lot is said about this movie and then a day later I find a flyer saying that it is going to play in movie theaters ...( read more)
Saw this at the Library Theatre was bedazzled by the combinations of comedy and drama bringing together a brillant piece of surrealism in the 1960's.
Honestly, one of the best films I've ever seen. The narrative is always prepared to take you someplace else, regardless of whether you want to go.
Wow, I feel like watching this again, one of the more fascinating, outstanding and brilliant piece of slices of life tpe cinema that is just so magical and charming, this kind of films rarely get made, because you need a geniune human being to make a film like this, one who realy...( read more)
A never ending film. Variation on variations. Something Borges or Calvino would have loved.
Some years ago, I wrote a review of the movie and account of the book it is based on in a creative format inspired by the nested style of the film; it can be read at http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=888566
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