Pasazerka

  It's clear to those serious movie watchers that films from Poland have always been honored by their artistic characteristic and sophisticated expressions.Some might say the country's export of Nobel prize laureates in literature has been benefited from the political subjects in Poland have always (unfairly) drawn the jury's attention.I have no judgement on that, because I only know the preference of the jury may partially influenced by their sensitivity to political identity.Besides that,even i try to read polish literature,at this stage i haven't developped my taste well enough to give an evaluation.

  But if the media is film,i would say with confidence that polish film production is absolutely competent to take whatever award exists nowaday.Look at this, Andrzej Munk 's Pasazerka (The passenger),which was made around 1964,digs deep into the study of human's war behaviors,is only one account to the country's fantastic treasure.

  In fact,the director died in an accident during the filming,so it was his assistant to finish the whole thing.For the assistant didn't fully conceive what the exact intention the director had,he processed the handy materials in a quite creative way. The film then has no specific direction but left open to different possibilities of focus. The film turns out that the SS officer had different attitudes toward her prisoner in two presented situations, which indicates that she was indeed choosing memory to memorize,to keep the part reflecting her humanity and to abandon the part of her cruelty. Also,she intented to situate herself into an equally repressive position as the prisoners were in.All her memories were triggered by her surprised encounter of one of her previous prisoners on a flagship.And the presentation of the story aboard is consisted of stills,which is laconic and rather impressing to those get tired of today's cinematic story telling styles.