Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Dies at age 75 masterful Polish director Andrzej Zulawski – Andina


 
 
 
 
         

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Poland, feb. 17.
 The Polish film director Andrzej Zulawski died Wednesday at age 75 after a long battle with cancer, the Polish Filmmakers Association reported.
 

A source in the Association told AFP the death of the actor, writer and director, who filmed several productions in France, and was married to the French actress Sophie Marceau.

your child Xawery, also director and screenwriter, had posted on his Facebook page that his father was terminally ill and despite receiving intensive therapy in the hospital, “the disease progression do not allow any illusions. ”

He had three children, one with Sophie Marceau, which was separated since 2001.

“it’s a great loss for Polish cinema and world ,” said film critic Janusz Wroblewski, who stood out among his work the films “the third part of the night” (1971) and ” The Devil “(1972)”, which was banned in his country.

The expert believes that Zulawski was an innovator very radical filmmaker and for his time.

“developed its own language, very personal and original. It was provocative and Poles broke many myths. Introduced eroticism in his films (…) His films are now classic films, but at the time were works of art, “he said.

The president of the Association of Filmmakers Poland, Jacek Bromski, told private television station Polsat that Zulawski was a “very original, sometimes controversial, but always true to himself” artist.

(FIN) AFP / MPM

 

 Published: 17/02/2016
 

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