http://thesaragossamanuscript.info Welcome The Saragossa Manuscript Fan. Thanks for subscribing. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:45:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Michael Goddard is a Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Salford. He has published widely on Polish and international cinema and visual culture as well as cultural theory. He is currently completing a book on the cinema of Raul Ruiz. Most recently, his research focuses on contemporary Polish ... http://thesaragossamanuscript.info/michael-goddard/ A linguist and professional translator by day, Raf Uzar undergoes an incredible transformation in the twilight hours becoming a prolific journalist, avid blogger and wannabe DJ by night. He currently works at Poland’s premier private university, the Warsaw-based School of Social Sciences and Humanities where he trains translators focusing particularly on ... http://thesaragossamanuscript.info/raf-uzar/ Agnieszka Rasmus holds a PhD degree in Shakespeare and film studies. She teaches drama and film at the University of Lodz, Poland. Her interests are mainly work-related and comprise film history and theory, Hollywood , counter-cinema, British film, and remaking. Her favourite directors, aside from Has, are Hitchcock, Cronenberg, Lynch, ... http://thesaragossamanuscript.info/agnieszka-rasmus/ "If Wojciech Has had become a painter, he would surely have been a Surrealist. " (Alexander Jankiewicz) Surrealism in the cinema usually comes in two distinctive shades: white or black or in other words bright or dark. Its dark side is represented by such directors as Polanski, Lynch, and Cronenberg. Explorers ... http://thesaragossamanuscript.info/surrealism-in-the-shade-of-grey/ “Illusion is the first of all pleasures” Oscar Wilde. The Saragossa Manuscript, a majestic roller-coaster of a movie, is perhaps best described as a tale within a tale. Or in fact several tales within tales within tales. The structure of the film, as well as the book: Count Jan Potocki’s marvellously ... http://thesaragossamanuscript.info/a-slice-poke-stab-of-humour/ Born Debica Poland 1933, Krzysztof Penderecki came of age at exactly the right time to become a vital part of what is now known as 'The Polish School' of Modern music. After Germany's occupation of Poland in WWII destroyed the major concert halls and conservatories, burnt most of the existing scores, ... http://thesaragossamanuscript.info/krzysztof-penderecki/ While The Saragossa Manuscript boasts some of Poland’s most respected ‘serious’ actors/actresses, it also contains numerous of Poland’s finest ‘comedy’ players making its cast list really second to none. Even in cameo supporting roles are actors of the quality of Wieslaw Golas (Kapitan Sowa/Dzieciol), making the film so rich and ... http://thesaragossamanuscript.info/saragossa-manuscript-players/ The Saragossa Manuscript, now restored to its original three hour version, would seem like an unlikely candidate for the international cult interest it has sustained. Directed by Wojciech Has, a director little known outside Poland, the film adapts the Baroque novel of the same name  by the eccentric Polish writer, ... http://thesaragossamanuscript.info/the-saragossa-manuscript/ Wojciech Has' film The Saragossa Manuscript is many things to many people. To fans of 60s Counter-Culture it is a head movie, to Lynch enthusiasts it is surrealist film, to story tellers it is a labyrinth and puzzle. But when searching for underlying influences, the city of Krakow, Poland, is to ... http://thesaragossamanuscript.info/inside-saragossa/ My story is a long one. Started off working for Warner Bros. in film sales and copyright, before moving to Poland to work as a musician. Finding money tight, I took additional work at University of Lodz leading to my becoming a senior lecturer, before work led me back to ... http://thesaragossamanuscript.info/timjim/