January 5 – January 21, 2023 Jerzy Skolimowski: An American Cinematheque Retrospective Series | THE SHOUT, DEEP END, EO, ESSENTIAL KILLING, MOONLIGHTING, IDENTIFICATION MARKS: NONE, WALKOVER, BARRIER, & HANDS UP! Los Feliz 3
The American Cinematheque is proud to present a retrospective of filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski at the Los Feliz 3, including a screening of his newest film, EO. With over twenty titles to his name, Skolimowski’s work as a filmmaker includes Cannes Grand Prix-winner THE SHOUT, the political drama MOONLIGHTING, and the romantic drama DEEP END. He is also known as a writer, painter, and actor, starring in his own Andrzej Leszczyc trilogy which includes IDENTIFICATION MARKS: NONE, WALKOVER, and HANDS UP! After a hiatus from directing, Skolimowski returned to Cannes in 2008 with the critically lauded thriller FOUR NIGHTS WITH ANNA, which opened the Director’s Fortnight and also won the Grand Prix de Jury at the Tokyo International Film Festival. in 2010, Skolimowski’s ESSENTIAL KILLING won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival. His newest film, EO, which won the Jury Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Best International feature at NYFCC, and Best Film not in the English Language along with Best Cinematography at LAFCA, follows the journey of the titular nomadic gray donkey. EO is both helped and hindered by a cast of characters including a young Italian priest (Lorenzo Zurzolo), a Countess (Isabelle Huppert), and a rowdy Polish soccer team. Loosely inspired by Robert Bresson’s AU HASARD BALTHAZAR, and featuring immersive, stunning cinematography by Michal Dymek coupled with Pawel Mykietyn’s resonant score, Skolimowski’s film puts the viewer in the perspective of its four-legged protagonist.