Twarz (1966)

Portrait of an artist as a young manic. First, a montage of still photographs of an artist's face. Then motion. He stirs in sleep; he paints and expresses frustration. He looks for a light ... See full summary »

Director:

Piotr Studzinski

Stars:

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Cast

Credited cast:
Krzysztof Kieslowski	...	The Artist

Storyline

Portrait of an artist as a young manic. First, a montage of still photographs of an artist's face. Then motion. He stirs in sleep; he paints and expresses frustration. He looks for a light for his cigarette. He sketches, wads it up; makes tea; stares at his face in a mirror, then looks at canvas after canvas of self-portraits. He becomes agitated and defaces the work. He rips and tears, punches and kicks the art. Then he destroys mirrors. The catharsis over, he rests and begins again to paint.

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Plot Keywords:

face | mirror | artist | canvas | frustration | 

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Genres:

Short | Drama

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Details

Country:

Poland

Release Date:

4 March 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Face

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lodz Film School

Technical Specs

Runtime:

6 min

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This student film is featured on the DVD for 'Trzy kolory: Bialy' (1994), released by Miramax.

User Reviews

The Face

Made in the same year as THE TRAM, starring Kieslowski and by someone who I presume was a classmate.

An artist suddenly goes bananas and trashes all his self-portraits and mirrors.

It looks slicker than The Tram but reeks much more of "student film" with its avant-garde soundtrack and deliberately enigmatic action.

The kind of thing that makes you go, "Yes, yes, I get it already."

Recommended only as a curiosity.

Available on the Criterion release of the Three Colors trilogy.

The Face - 4/10