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  • Опубліковано 8 гру 2022
  • While in New York for the release of his new film EO-Poland’s official entry for Best International Film at the 95th Academy Awards®-legendary director Jerzy Skolimowski stopped by Criterion for a trip inside our films closet! Check it out and head here for tickets and showtimes: eo.official.film eo.official.film
    Shop Jerzy's Closet Picks:
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 151

  • @HerbalistGuybrush
    @HerbalistGuybrush Рік тому +42

    This was one of the best episodes to me. The innocent joy on his face when remembering a childhoods moment made me a little bit less of a cynic today.

  • @sheungmanyim
    @sheungmanyim Рік тому +29

    You know he's legendary when some classics he picked were made by his friends. And the anecdote with Fellini. What a life, Mr. Skolimowski!

  • @iij973
    @iij973 Рік тому +51

    The unique rhythm of his speech is both poetic and enchanting

  • @ThePictoucounty
    @ThePictoucounty Рік тому +86

    Well. Feel pretty confident in saying this will probably be the only closet episode with a story about getting slapped around by Milos Forman as a 10 year old

    • @benthehumaniac
      @benthehumaniac Рік тому +8

      It's a normal thing, you know, in Czech Republic. Milos Forman just slaps you.

  • @ElliotCoen
    @ElliotCoen Рік тому +114

    Jerzy made a film 52 years ago called Deep End. It’s very good, seek it out!

    • @vittoriostoraro
      @vittoriostoraro Рік тому +12

      It needs a Criterion Release.

    • @user-qb2yw5yy5x
      @user-qb2yw5yy5x Рік тому +6

      400 blows and Deep End. Taxi Driver's major source material not many people realize about. Skolimowski is living legend.

    • @thehurrytheharm
      @thehurrytheharm Рік тому +5

      It was an influence on David Lynch!

    • @tiananesbitt7156
      @tiananesbitt7156 Рік тому +1

      Thanks 😊

    • @ganazby
      @ganazby Рік тому +2

      @@vittoriostoraro BFI released an excellent blu ray version a few years ago.

  • @nicklager1666
    @nicklager1666 Рік тому +54

    You can almost read between the lines that growing up behind the iron curtain you had a different perspective on things. So much of what life was like was hard for us in west to fully grasp, but thanks to the great film makers in eastern europe like Jerzy we could get a glimpse.

  • @Sageisme
    @Sageisme Рік тому +13

    Best closet picks episode ever! Amazing director AND screenwriter, he wrote Knife on the water!!!

  • @lukess.s
    @lukess.s Рік тому +21

    He's so fucking good in Eastern Promises

  • @albyz86
    @albyz86 Рік тому +8

    "We'll see each other up there... Thank you"
    ❤️

  • @ramomate1705
    @ramomate1705 Рік тому +118

    Diamonds of the Night 0:24
    Ashes and Diamonds 0:36
    Come and See 0:54
    Ivan's childhood 1:10
    La strada 1:47
    8 1/2 1:53
    Loves of a blonde 3:14

  • @PeterSmith-go9ef
    @PeterSmith-go9ef 8 днів тому +1

    An enchanting man and major director. So glad to see him chose Diamonds Of The Night, a largely undiscovered gem.

  • @pnwtreehugger806
    @pnwtreehugger806 Рік тому +13

    Thank YOU Mr. Skolimowski for sharing your talent and your anecdotes with us as well as forgiving us this glimpse into which films have meaning for you.

  • @gavinhenderson7250
    @gavinhenderson7250 Рік тому +25

    That was very sweet. Genuinely moving.

  • @jacksonwright5145
    @jacksonwright5145 Рік тому +5

    I just watched EO the other day and was awed by the beautiful imagery and the humanity of it all. Fantastic film. He has great stories to tell!

  • @juliyathejelly
    @juliyathejelly Рік тому +6

    I had the immense pleasure of being at a screening of EO last night and it was mesmerizing. Highly recommend!

  • @femmeweird
    @femmeweird Рік тому +9

    Jerzy gave me one of my dearest films, Deep End. I'm forever thankful for that.

  • @bluerev
    @bluerev Рік тому +19

    Jerzy knows a thing or two about great endings.
    The ending of Deep End was just brilliant.

    • @AhmadAneeq
      @AhmadAneeq Рік тому +1

      i mean the movie is called Deep END

  • @1997residente
    @1997residente Рік тому +9

    Fun fact: He is the general interrogating Black widow in Avengers (2012)
    No joking: That's how i discovered him and his filmography

    • @heliumtrophy
      @heliumtrophy Рік тому +2

      I remember my parents are watching that and I see him there and all I could think is "what's he doing there?"
      Must've got a decent pay packet.

  • @TubeSteak
    @TubeSteak Рік тому +21

    This was a profound Closet Picks

  • @somniansvulpes
    @somniansvulpes Рік тому +12

    Thank you Jerzy for existing

  • @cosimocub
    @cosimocub Рік тому +19

    Skolimowski is the best and he doesn't disappoint. truly a refined human being

    • @dj.giftedchild
      @dj.giftedchild Рік тому

      I'd like to have a chitchat with him in his house. With just a cup of coffee and a videocamera to record the interview

  • @barnziee
    @barnziee Рік тому +38

    I've never heard of Jerzy, and not familiar with a few of those movies. Yet this was one of the best closet picks yet. Hearing those old stories was so wonderful.

    • @rafaelfernandeslopesdeoliv1700
      @rafaelfernandeslopesdeoliv1700 Рік тому +8

      Please please do yourself a favor and watch his films Walkover (1964), Deep End (1971), Moonlighting (1982) and Success Is The Best Revenge (1984). He is truly one of the greatest.

  • @heliumtrophy
    @heliumtrophy Рік тому +14

    Hearing a little about his Czech schooling was fascinating. I read some articles in old Positif magazines about how they didn't know whether to see him as a Polish director or a Czech director due to his schooling. I think these things mattered, especially there, since many in Poland believed for example that because Andrzej Zulawski was schooled in France, he was French. Definitely can go a long way into developing an outlook on life.

    • @marthalynx7941
      @marthalynx7941 Рік тому +9

      Skolimowski as a kid was living in Czech republic because his mother was working there. But he graduated polish movie school. Also he never did movie in Czech language so he definitley is not a Czech director, he was just living there for couple of years as a boy but for sure this experience influenced him as an artist and as a man.

  • @sevendaughters
    @sevendaughters Рік тому +5

    Skolimowski's The Shout would be the film I'd happily wander into a wardrobe and come out with.

  • @_diogo_lima
    @_diogo_lima Рік тому +8

    A very special director for me, and even this year made the best movie of 2022, EO. Love you Jerzy!

  • @zerocz8655
    @zerocz8655 Рік тому +11

    "Give you pár facek" love that man ❤🇨🇿

    • @jeshkam
      @jeshkam Рік тому +1

      "Hajzle jeden!" 😂

  • @thelurningcurve6378
    @thelurningcurve6378 Рік тому +5

    EO is such a wonderfully poetic piece of cinema. Makes sense that he would choose the films he shares.

  • @vittoriostoraro
    @vittoriostoraro Рік тому +41

    Very moving. A fine filmmaker and a lovely man.

    • @zahaanhoosein6511
      @zahaanhoosein6511 Рік тому +1

      it’d be insane if this was *the* vittorio storaro replying lol

  • @rafaelfernandeslopesdeoliv1700

    I hope this means the trilogy is coming to criterion. Walkower is an absolute masterpiece.
    This man is a legend and when of the last greatest living filmmakers.

  • @tungngoctran2718
    @tungngoctran2718 Рік тому +5

    pár facek :D so glad to hear in Closet picks czech language, velmi děkuji za skvělé video a nashledanou. :) And for other viewers what pár facek mean is couple of slaps :D

  • @tommyt1971
    @tommyt1971 7 місяців тому +1

    Never heard of Jerzy until I saw Eastern Promises -- he was really, REALLY good in that one in a small part.

  • @General_Puffball
    @General_Puffball Рік тому +9

    What a great vibe this guy has.

  • @drewsimpson5967
    @drewsimpson5967 Рік тому +2

    Great video of a great director. In my bag, The Shout (1978) is always in there.

  • @niepoczytalna122
    @niepoczytalna122 Рік тому +4

    Such a bright mind in this age. Polish master.

  • @FONZARELLI4REALLY
    @FONZARELLI4REALLY Рік тому +12

    :56 "Come and see is not the proper translation I think the proper one is 'look and realize what you have just seen'"-- that is absolutely fascinating, that title makes a lot more sense.

  • @chrisperry7963
    @chrisperry7963 Рік тому +4

    Such a great figure in film history. Love, love, 'Moonlighting', so much to unwrap in that masterwork.

  • @triplejazzmusicisall1883
    @triplejazzmusicisall1883 5 місяців тому +1

    Ivan's Childhood is possibly the most saddest yet at time beauitful films I have ever seen. Certainly one of the best Russian films ever made. The cinematography is stunning and the performances perfect. It is heartbreaking at the end but then it also leaves the viewer with poignant feeling for the boy and others. This film stays with you for life and definitely has a lot to say and for us to learn from.

  • @Dumballa
    @Dumballa Рік тому +2

    Guys this was truly wonderful. But it would be tremendous if we could get an unedited version. Lot of cuts. Feel like we missed what he was saying a few times. Anyway great job.

  • @theakwardactor9788
    @theakwardactor9788 Рік тому +7

    would love to see one of these with Olivia Hussy and Leonard Whiting just before the criterion release of Romeo and Juliet in February 😊

  • @SirAndrewII
    @SirAndrewII Рік тому +3

    First of all Jerzy is a cool name. Second, his story about Fellini is so humble. I was at a party with a great man and I got to observe his personality, who says that?

  • @reflectingsoul
    @reflectingsoul Рік тому +4

    I like his films 'Shout' and 'Ferdydurke'. These are very original and unpredictable movies.

  • @adamschoch6938
    @adamschoch6938 Рік тому +1

    Liked Jerzy in White Nights as Colonial Chaiko. My favorite character from that movie. Influenced me to take Russian in college. Saw White Nights at age 10 and signed up for Russian language class 10 years later!

  • @Rakib.Islam.E
    @Rakib.Islam.E Рік тому +5

    One of the best closet moment ♥

  • @jameslane8592
    @jameslane8592 Рік тому +11

    Na schladeno, Milose. That was so touching

  • @MegaLaurabailey
    @MegaLaurabailey Рік тому +2

    A Master filmmaker sharing his great memories !!
    Bravo !!

  • @FrancoisDressler
    @FrancoisDressler Рік тому +16

    Love this man. A little surprised he had no Polanski anecdotes, unless they were edited out.

  • @philipmarinello8802
    @philipmarinello8802 Рік тому +1

    What a beautiful closet video. Thank you for sharing!

  • @walkerstark4564
    @walkerstark4564 Рік тому +6

    Deep End and Essential Killing should be on Criterion

  • @Kaisersozze
    @Kaisersozze Рік тому +2

    This was great, he knows how to do a good Closet Picks instead of just grabbing some films and leaving.

  • @donna25871
    @donna25871 Рік тому +3

    Come and See is the most brutal war film I have ever seen. You can find it on UA-cam. It’s a film I can only watch once because of the brutality - but that was the Belorussian experience during WWII.

  • @gutterbaby8382
    @gutterbaby8382 Рік тому +2

    I love Jerzy! Such a wonderful little old fellow.

  • @duncansamways1363
    @duncansamways1363 Рік тому +1

    Another great video, he was very sincere and very funny, especially the Forman anecdote.

  • @marcusbrown6217
    @marcusbrown6217 2 місяці тому

    Such an interesting cadence in his speech. So wistful but at times weary and longing.

  • @hotboxinc
    @hotboxinc Рік тому +1

    Eo blew me away, Perfect cinema, why I love movies.

  • @veryeyeofnight
    @veryeyeofnight Рік тому +4

    The Shout & Deep End 🖤

    • @barrymoore4470
      @barrymoore4470 Рік тому +1

      I think you mean 'The Shout' & 'Deep End'. I haven't seen 'The Shout', though it sounds fascinating, but I have seen and greatly appreciate 'Deep End', one of my favorite films.

    • @veryeyeofnight
      @veryeyeofnight Рік тому +1

      Thanks. :) Corrected it.

  • @daddymoon666
    @daddymoon666 Рік тому +4

    They should put a list of the films they talk about and links to the trailers of those films... It would be nice...

    • @ElliotCoen
      @ElliotCoen Рік тому +7

      The list is at the end of the video

  • @Theomite
    @Theomite Рік тому +4

    ...So...do we call COME AND SEE LOOK AND REALIZE from now on?

  • @JC-to5by
    @JC-to5by Рік тому +2

    Can't wait to see his newest colab with Polanski !

  • @TheDreadfulCurtain
    @TheDreadfulCurtain Рік тому

    Wonderful!

  • @johnsailorsgoat
    @johnsailorsgoat Рік тому

    That was lovely.

  • @leonkane8570
    @leonkane8570 Рік тому

    Recently saw Moonlightling and was a highly rewarding experience, wonderful film with Jeremy Irons

  • @filmarchive7568
    @filmarchive7568 4 місяці тому

    When I was a student in Kerala, India I saw the film White Nights, and I used to say repeatedly my favourite dialogue in the film, where Colonel Chaikov exposes the Ballet dancer played by Mikhail Baryshnikov, *"Welcome home, Nicolai." He was my favourite character, the colonel who never prone to violence despite being a villain. It was Skolimowski's masterpiece character. The film is White Nights (1985) See the scene here ua-cam.com/video/J20xRrwkNQM/v-deo.html

  • @jackbarry7155
    @jackbarry7155 Рік тому +1

    That was… SO. BEAUTIFUL. Word.

  • @adriannademadriguera4859
    @adriannademadriguera4859 Рік тому +1

    no, good sir. thank you and bless you

  • @trillioncrowns
    @trillioncrowns Рік тому

    i dont know this man but the 5min new format is great! lets talk movies

  • @matiastoro1667
    @matiastoro1667 Рік тому +1

    Everyone (with some sense) picks La Strada. It's pretty amazing.

  • @SanshoTheBailiff
    @SanshoTheBailiff Рік тому +2

    Come and See is prob the best film of all time

  • @alenava2037
    @alenava2037 Рік тому +12

    Please upload the Park Chan-Wook video

    • @possiblymcfly
      @possiblymcfly Рік тому +2

      I'm more hyped about the Daniels video, they directed Everything Everywhere All At Once

    • @lukess.s
      @lukess.s Рік тому +2

      @@possiblymcfly A much lesser and less interesting film than essentially every movie Park Chan-Wook has ever made

    • @possiblymcfly
      @possiblymcfly Рік тому

      @@lukess.s That's a fair opinion. I love both EEAAO and Park Chan-Wook's catalog.

  • @Sucharush31
    @Sucharush31 5 місяців тому

    The "Na Shledanou Milošku" almost made me tear up

  • @jimlane51
    @jimlane51 11 місяців тому

    I totally lost it when he said na schledano Milose. Very powerful.

  • @farragutspikes1
    @farragutspikes1 Рік тому

    Oh wow!!!!!!!!

  • @larryyz_hideaway
    @larryyz_hideaway Рік тому +3

    Sarah Polley should be next

  • @user-br9px9oz1c
    @user-br9px9oz1c Рік тому

    Thanks for his role in the Avengers. His best work!

  • @nedd.8479
    @nedd.8479 Рік тому

    Deep End really deserves to be in the Criterion Collection.

  • @wasnt_it
    @wasnt_it Рік тому +2

    is Eo supposed to be based on au Hasard Balthazar?

    • @barrymoore4470
      @barrymoore4470 Рік тому

      From what I understand, it is inspired by and reworks some of the ideas and themes in 'Au hasard Balthazar'. But it's not an outright remake of Bresson's film.

  • @kadykianus
    @kadykianus Рік тому

    Talented Polish director.

  • @marcelavial3923
    @marcelavial3923 Рік тому

    Wish I had the same close friends as him ❤

  • @1deplatt
    @1deplatt Рік тому

    How can I get a trip to this closet!?

  • @terenceheesch8351
    @terenceheesch8351 Рік тому

    😅🤣 I'm gonna be 💯
    I wasn't familiar with Jerzy Skolimowski...until his cameo in "Mars Attacks"...there's a small generation of film fans who experienced the same

  • @donnosypinocchio4462
    @donnosypinocchio4462 Рік тому

    Heyyyy…it’s the papa from eastern promises 😄

  • @spiritcreek9813
    @spiritcreek9813 Рік тому +1

    No Kieślowski?

  • @sinkthebounty122
    @sinkthebounty122 2 місяці тому

    He was great in Avengers

  • @theupsetter1969
    @theupsetter1969 Рік тому

    Questions.
    How many can the people pick?
    Do they have to pay for them?
    Can I have a go please?😁

  • @Ack359
    @Ack359 Рік тому

    Lovely old man with great work behind him. Nice choices, though I felt Fellini should've been left out because he isn't as serious as the others mentioned - great as he may well be. Absolutely love La Strada though

  • @mattyslicks
    @mattyslicks Рік тому

    This man was great in "Eastern Promises."

    • @ruling528
      @ruling528 Рік тому +1

      He was the only good thing about it because he was the only actor in the film who was an actual slavic.

    • @lukess.s
      @lukess.s Рік тому +1

      @@ruling528 that movie rules man you're out of your mind

    • @Njbear7453
      @Njbear7453 Рік тому

      The David Cronenberg film?

    • @mattyslicks
      @mattyslicks Рік тому

      @@Njbear7453 yeah

  • @lukderk
    @lukderk Рік тому +4

    Fames first polish contrcultural diractor, why soo few polish movies CC have in store, more polish cinema!

  • @vokasimid5330
    @vokasimid5330 Рік тому

    That's the interrogator in Avengers (2012)

  • @dan2007kohn
    @dan2007kohn Рік тому

    He was low-key terrifying in White Nights.

  • @nativewizard
    @nativewizard Рік тому

    wanna criterion edition of moonlighting

  • @fisherj5087
    @fisherj5087 Рік тому

    Had no idea about “Come And See” being a mistranslation!

    • @taurig
      @taurig Рік тому

      Actually it is a line from a Bible

  • @ahuman9394
    @ahuman9394 Рік тому

    "We'll see eachother... up there."

  • @darrenh5418
    @darrenh5418 Рік тому +11

    So poignant the way he talks about his old friends!

  • @travisspazz1624
    @travisspazz1624 Рік тому +1

    The famous Black Widow

  • @matthewboulter
    @matthewboulter Рік тому +3

    Guess he couldn’t find Au Hasard Balthazar lol

  • @liltick102
    @liltick102 Рік тому

    I want to see Werner Herzog and Tarantino here so badly..

  • @kingoftheducks
    @kingoftheducks Рік тому

    Not much love in the comments for his small part in Mars Attacks!; "Positively positive."

  • @janackova
    @janackova Рік тому

    Love his films. But Ivan’s Childhood ends with Ivan and the girl running on the beach.

    • @dankthomas2878
      @dankthomas2878 Рік тому +1

      Yes but he's actually right, he runs and the camera goes into the tree and the screen goes black. Ivan also runs past the girl so he stays as the only one in frame

  • @takeri
    @takeri Рік тому +2

    polska gurom

    • @Har2h
      @Har2h Рік тому +1

      przejmujemy ten filmik

    • @Igorowy_
      @Igorowy_ Рік тому

      POLSKAAAA BIAŁO-CZERWONI

  • @carloswilton5127
    @carloswilton5127 Рік тому

    Is this guy going to get some films or what

  • @chamindujanith6337
    @chamindujanith6337 Рік тому +1

    He is Polanski's friend for 60 years