Obscure Pleasures: A Portrait of Walerian Borowczyk

Nov 17, 2013

1h 4m

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Overview

During a hospital stay in 2001, the Polish painter, sculptor and filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk compiled a handwritten list of the objects and animals that were featured in his films. While he had used both encyclopedias and dictionaries to order chaos in his own films, this list saw Borowczyk putting his own life in order.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Cave Canem Films

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Cast

Self

Walerian Borowczyk

Self

Freddy Buache

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5.5

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Obscure Pleasures: A Portrait of Walerian Borowczyk

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