THE ARENA OF LIFE
POLISH TITLE: ARENA ŻYCIA
In this documentary recording of the last performance of the Grand Circus in the 1978 season the camera meticulously captures important details, gestures, situations and emotions on the faces of circus artists. Towards the end of the film, there is an unforgettable scene of the farewell ceremony of the season’s end. For Dziworski, the show never stops: circus acts at the table laden with food and drink are received with rapturous applause recorded by sound producers during the performance.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 20'
- YEAR:
- 1979
- DIRECTING:
- Bogdan Dziworski
- SCRIPT:
- Bogdan Dziworski
- DOP:
- Krzysztof Ptak, Wit Dąbal, Ryszard Lenczewski, Piotr Sobociński
- EDITOR:
- Agnieszka Bojanowska
- PRODUCTION:
- Wytwórnia Filmów Oświatowych
Bogdan Dziworski »
Documentary film director, cinematographer, photographer and university teacher born in 1941 in Lodz. A graduate of Lodz Film School (1965). An Ordinary Professor of Film and Photography and the Dean of the Radio and Television Department of the Silesia University in Katowice. He has received a number of prestigious awards for his excellent documentary films, which focus primarily on arts or sports and include "Krzyz i Topor", "Hokej", "Olimpiada", "Kilka opowiesci o czlowieku" at festivals in Bilbao, Brussels, Leipzig, Marseilles, Oberhausen, San Sebastian and Krakow, among others.
AT FESTIVALS:
- True/False FF, USA, 2015 (screening)