Camera Buff 1979

7.5 / 10   151 vote(s)
Drama

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.

Release Date 1979-11-16
Runtime 1h 52m
Directors Krzysztof Kieślowski, Jacek Petrycki, Michal Maryniarczyk, Krzysztof Wierzbicki, Michał Żarnecki
Producer
Writers Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Jerzy Stuhr

An early Kieslowski with all the trademarks that he refined later in life and that made him one of the greatest filmmakers ever: the politics, the moral dilemmas, the existential questions - that are, of course, not resolved. It's put together well, although his later greats are much tighter. While watching, I couldn't help but wonder how much of this is actually autobiographical.

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