Walerian Borowczyk: Short Films and Animation. Walerian Borowczyk, 1959-1984.
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Edition screened: Arrow Blu-ray, released 2014. Collective runtime approximately 233 minutes.
This important Arrow release is free of depictions of animal violence except for cartoon cruelty in The Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal. The set compiles:
The Astronauts (1959 short)
The Concert (1962 short)
Grandma's Encyclopaedia (1963 short)
“Holy Smoke” (1963 commercial)
Renaissance (1963 short)
“The Musuem” (1964 commercial)
“Tom Thumb” (1964 commercial)
Angels’ Games (1964 short)
Joachim's Dictionary (1965 short)
Rosalie (1966 short)
The Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal (1967 feature)
Gavotte (1968 short)
Diptych (1967 short)
The Phonograph (1969 short)
The Greatest Love of All Time (1977 documentary short)
Scherzo infernal (1984 short)
Also included are two 2014 documentaries by Daniel Bird, his 28-minute introduction to the filmmaker titled Film Is Not a Sausage, and Blow Ups, a 5-minute survey of Borowczyk’s fine art techniques.