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Aro Recommended Camera Buff

 

aka: Amator
Poland 1979, 106 minutes
Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
In Polish with English subtitles
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama

 

Aroview: Pointed, if slightly familiar satire of Communist life, has a smalltown clerk in Poland buy a Super8 film camera and begin to film life around him, with unintended consequences.

His home movies progress to short documentaries and he wins a prize, increasing his passion for his art but creating tensions on the home front. Finally, the government starts to take an interest in his 'activities'... Subdued, but intelligent work in true Kieslowski tradition.

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DVD Features

Includes 'Talking Heads', a short documentary by Kieslowski.

Region 4 DVD available to purchase as part of "The Kieslowski Collection" boxset (does not include the extra features below).

  • cast and/or crew interviews
  • English subtitles for the hearing impaired
  • extra stuff
  • aspect ratio: 4:3
 

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