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Obscure Pleasures: A Portrait of Walerian Borowczyk

Nov 17, 2013 · 1h 4m
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During a hospital stay in 2001, the Polish painter, sculptor and filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk compiled a handwritten list of the objects and animals that were featured in his films. While he had used both encyclopedias and dictionaries to order chaos in his own films, this list saw Borowczyk putting his own life in order.

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Walerian Borowczyk
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Freddy Buache
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Directed by Daniel Bird

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Released
Original language
EN
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Cave Canem Films
Country
GB

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