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Reviews
Superprodukcja (2003)
a very bitter comedy
This is a very underestimated film by Machulski, people call it a comedy which isn't funny, and that's partially right - it is rather bitter. It laughs at the state of Polish cinematography as well as several other aspects of life in modern Poland, but both Hollywood and artistic cinema also get their portions. Reportedly this movie didn't bring him many friends in the world of movie business. One more thing is that it is perhaps the first (and only?) Polish film so far to have several decent computer effects. This is because they are more of the videoclip/commercial quality (in Poland they can make VERY good commercials with CGI, but a decent movie is still to be awaited); they aren't meant to simulate real things, but they are jokes, visions, parodies etc. They were made by the Platige Image studio which has the Oscar-nominated Tomasz Baginski in it.
Czas surferów (2005)
A great 'gangster' comedy, or the parody of it...
The late 1990s saw the rise of the popularity of 'gagster' comedies in Poland. This movie is one of those, or even a parody of one of them. It naturally borrows from (and parodies) certain Hollywood movies, most notably 'Reservoir Dogs' (the protagonists watch it in one scene), with the distorted chronology with which we don't really know who killed whom until the last scene. But here it is of course done in a funny way. The plot is rather fuzzy, but even without it, the'professionalism' of the gangsters is worth seeing all by itself. Also ME Linda as the big gangster figure, possibly one of his best roles (in this kind of movies, that is). If you have a soft spot for stupid gangsters, this is the movie for you...