Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. —Henry Fielding

04 July 2023

Two from Jerzy Skolimowski


I’ve been watching Skolimowski’s stuff since last year’s Io was so wonderful and because I’ve never seen any of his work. Moonlighting (1982), however… is not great. It feels like it’s tied down and is never going to get anywhere. And then it sort of just doesn’t. To make matters worse, the central character is very difficult. He’s nervous the whole time, but he’s sort of impossible to identify with because of how Skolimowski tells his story. I found Deep End and Rysopis much more successful than this movie.

Deep End (released in the US in 1971) is fun, and then the ending is not fun, but it has some gorgeous shots in it. 



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