press review
EXTRAS OF HISTORY, EPICURES OF LIFE
Few days ago, the successive edition of the Cannes Film Festival started. Soon, in women's press we will read (or rather see) what is in fashion on the red carpet this season; and from specialist press we will learn who is awarded the Palm d'Or. One is certain, it is not going to be a Polish film, because, as an established tradition now, none of our films have made it to the main competition. Nevertheless, we will mark our presence by a so-called Polish Day, connected with the projection of Andrzej Wajda's Kanal. The time and the place are not accidental: it was exactly in Cannes that 50 years ago this film was awarded Jury Special Prize, tied with Bergman's The Seventh Seal. The importance of Kanal in Polish cinematography does not need to be explained. I may only refer you to the May issue of “Kino” (no. 5/2007), where Tadeusz Lubelski writes on how the film was received and the influence the Cannes awards exerted on it.