Jan Lenica

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Dom
5.2

Dom

Apr 21, 1958

Dom

An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica.
Animation
Landscape
1

Landscape

Jan 01, 1975
"Landscape is a nightdream, a landscape of my mind, of my imagination. It evokes memories of the past, reflects the images of reality into the world of fantasy. But the word dream has in this case another meaning. There is also the dream of reason which produces monsters and that is what is learned from Goya’s Caprices and explains in the best way the significance of my film,” —Jan Lenica
Labirynt
6.3

Labirynt

Dec 31, 1963
A self-consciously Kafkaesque tale of a winged lonely man literally devoured by totalitarian rule.
Animation
Nowy Janko muzykant
3.7

Nowy Janko muzykant

Jun 01, 1961
In the modern village of the future, everything is mechanized, but the dreams of the village musician remain the same. He wants to become an artist. Thanks to the fact that an Art Nouveau goddess gave him a helping hand, Janko Muzykant saves his life and escapes from the village on a Pegasus.
Animation
Nowy Janko muzykant
3.7

Nowy Janko muzykant

Jun 01, 1961
In the modern village of the future, everything is mechanized, but the dreams of the village musician remain the same. He wants to become an artist. Thanks to the fact that an Art Nouveau goddess gave him a helping hand, Janko Muzykant saves his life and escapes from the village on a Pegasus.
Animation
A
6.536

A

Jan 02, 1965

A

A writer is persecuted by an enormous and abusive letter 'A'.
Animation
Wyspa R.O.
5

Wyspa R.O.

Jan 01, 2001
"Wyspa R.O" is a highly personal story about freedom, fate and love as well as Lenica's personal creative testament. The allegorical story, full of symbols and the author's quotes, tells of a secret corner of the world which was once inhabited by convicts, where only one lonely guard remains. Lenica was one of the most important creators of Polish poster art and his films have been honored at many international festivals.
Drama
Labirynt
6.3

Labirynt

Dec 31, 1963
A self-consciously Kafkaesque tale of a winged lonely man literally devoured by totalitarian rule.
Animation
A
6.536

A

Jan 02, 1965

A

A writer is persecuted by an enormous and abusive letter 'A'.
Animation
Adam 2
6

Adam 2

Oct 23, 1970
Jan Lenica's semi-autobiographical movie about a life of a man under the number "44". He experiences bureaucracy, abusive step-parents, and oppression from the government and society. In the end, he tries to get away to the "lost paradise".
Animation
Die Nashörner
5.571

Die Nashörner

Feb 01, 1964
Based on Eugene Ionesco’s play, this is an animated film warning that by conforming to patterns and living en masse, people will become rhinoceroses.
Animation
Nagrodzone uczucie
4

Nagrodzone uczucie

May 02, 1958
About the work of the naive painter J. Plaskocinski. A playful tale about the requited love of a shy young man.
Animation
Sztandar Młodych
5

Sztandar Młodych

Jan 01, 1957
A short film advertising the newspaper Sztandar Młodych (The Banner of Youth), noteworthy for its abstract elements painted directly onto film stock. An attempt at showing the complexity of the world in a capsule, the film reflects the new policy of the openness to the West during the Thaw of the late 1950s in Poland.
Animation
Dom
5.2

Dom

Apr 21, 1958

Dom

An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica.
Animation
Ubu et la grande Gidouille
6
An extraordinary cut-out-and-move adaptation of all three of Jarry's Ubu plays. The characters are caricatured almost to abstraction- in the opening scene Ma Ubu is even depicted as a bug, Pa Ubu has a massive jaw and a microcephalic brain case.
Drama
Ubu et la grande Gidouille
6
An extraordinary cut-out-and-move adaptation of all three of Jarry's Ubu plays. The characters are caricatured almost to abstraction- in the opening scene Ma Ubu is even depicted as a bug, Pa Ubu has a massive jaw and a microcephalic brain case.
Drama
Monsieur Tête
6.1

Monsieur Tête

Jan 01, 1959
An extraordinary cut-out-and-move adaptation of all three of Jarry's Ubu plays. The characters are caricatured almost to abstraction- in the opening scene Ma Ubu is even depicted as a bug, Pa Ubu has a massive jaw and a microcephalic brain case.
Animation
Wyspa R.O.
5

Wyspa R.O.

Jan 01, 2001
"Wyspa R.O" is a highly personal story about freedom, fate and love as well as Lenica's personal creative testament. The allegorical story, full of symbols and the author's quotes, tells of a secret corner of the world which was once inhabited by convicts, where only one lonely guard remains. Lenica was one of the most important creators of Polish poster art and his films have been honored at many international festivals.
Drama
Adam 2
6

Adam 2

Oct 23, 1970
Jan Lenica's semi-autobiographical movie about a life of a man under the number "44". He experiences bureaucracy, abusive step-parents, and oppression from the government and society. In the end, he tries to get away to the "lost paradise".
Animation
Strip-Tease
1

Strip-Tease

Jan 01, 1957
Borowczyk and Lenica are at their most expressive in this crude paper miniature.
Die Nashörner
5.571

Die Nashörner

Feb 01, 1964
Based on Eugene Ionesco’s play, this is an animated film warning that by conforming to patterns and living en masse, people will become rhinoceroses.
Animation
Screening Room
1

Screening Room

Oct 13, 1981
Independent filmmakers are given a chance to show and discuss their work on a commercial (ABC-TV) affiliate station.