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Producer, Director - Country
Poland
Kuczyński Paweł
Light Denied
A search for "the Dionysian light" and a battle for the meaning of life with one fictitious philosopher's descent into madness triggered by his study of Friedrich Nietzsche.
A Philosopher's Paradise
California based, Polish filmmaker on a spiritual path visits his father, a Warsaw University philosopher, who attempts to save mankind from evil through his reason- only based theory. He attracts international philosopher triggering heated debates. Can he struggle between the mystical and rational, between believing in and denying God unite father and son?
Lawnswood Gardens
A portrait of the world's renown sociologist Zygmunt Bauman during a four day visit in his Leeds home, combined with the exploration of links between his scholarly work Modernity and the Holocaust and Winter in the Morning, a Warsaw ghetto memoir by his late wife, Janina Bauman.
A search for "the Dionysian light" and a battle for the meaning of life with one fictitious philosopher's descent into madness triggered by his study of Friedrich Nietzsche.
A Philosopher's Paradise
California based, Polish filmmaker on a spiritual path visits his father, a Warsaw University philosopher, who attempts to save mankind from evil through his reason- only based theory. He attracts international philosopher triggering heated debates. Can he struggle between the mystical and rational, between believing in and denying God unite father and son?
Lawnswood Gardens
A portrait of the world's renown sociologist Zygmunt Bauman during a four day visit in his Leeds home, combined with the exploration of links between his scholarly work Modernity and the Holocaust and Winter in the Morning, a Warsaw ghetto memoir by his late wife, Janina Bauman.
Wednesday to Wednesday: Durer
Pawel Kuczynski uses his autobiographical and often humorous documentary camera to probe humanity's existential fears, interweaving his daily experiences with the themes of Nietzsche, in Monday to Monday, and Dionysus, in Tuesday to Tuesday (both episodes are in post-production.) Now, in Wednesday to Wednesday, Pawel turns his focus to Renaissance painter Albrecht Durer, who explored apocalypse, death and beauty, and Andrzej Dudek-Durer: a living Polish performance artist who believes he is the reincarnation of the German master. The film examines the possibility that Andrzej's preposterous claims could be true. If so, wouldn't they ease our anxieties over death and the self's limitations? A revelatory and infuriating encounter with Andrzej ultimately leads Pawel to the mysteries contained in the 500-year-old works of the original Durer, while casual encounters along the way attempt to penetrate reality and uncover insights into our earthly existence.
Pawel Kuczynski uses his autobiographical and often humorous documentary camera to probe humanity's existential fears, interweaving his daily experiences with the themes of Nietzsche, in Monday to Monday, and Dionysus, in Tuesday to Tuesday (both episodes are in post-production.) Now, in Wednesday to Wednesday, Pawel turns his focus to Renaissance painter Albrecht Durer, who explored apocalypse, death and beauty, and Andrzej Dudek-Durer: a living Polish performance artist who believes he is the reincarnation of the German master. The film examines the possibility that Andrzej's preposterous claims could be true. If so, wouldn't they ease our anxieties over death and the self's limitations? A revelatory and infuriating encounter with Andrzej ultimately leads Pawel to the mysteries contained in the 500-year-old works of the original Durer, while casual encounters along the way attempt to penetrate reality and uncover insights into our earthly existence.
Paweł Kuczyński is a graduate of the National Film School in Lodz, Poland (MFA and Ph.D.). A former fellow in the American Film Institute/CBS Writers Program. Worked for Rutgers University (New Jersey), Governors State University (Illinois), University of Southern California. Producer/director for educational and documentary productions. Several of his latest projects deal with philosophy, either portraying actual scholars or via fictitious narratives. For the last 10 years based in Warsaw, Poland.
Filmography:
Rachel's Quest, Here Comes Huffamoose, Philosopher's Paradise, Red with Black, Light Denied, Lawnswood Gardens
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Delos Films
Mozarta 3/214
02-736 Warszawa
Mozarta 3/214
02-736 Warszawa