STORYLINE:
Filip buys an eight-millimetre 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.

amator.1979.720p.bluray.x264-ghouls.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 53 min
Size: 	8.22 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1014x720 
Aspect ratio:  	1.408
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	9 690 kb/s
BPP: 	0.554
Audio
#1:  	Polish 1.0ch 24bit FLAC @ 591 kb/s
#2:  	English 2.0ch AAC LC @ 89.6 kb/s (Commentary)

https://nitro.download/view/85ED8B960D4C9A5/amator.1979.720p.bluray.x264-ghouls.mkv

Language(s):Polish
Subtitles:English

The post Krzysztof Kieslowski – Amator AKA Camera Buff (1979)  first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Quote:
It all starts when Filip Mosz (Jerzy Stuhr) buys a little 8mm movie camera to film his new-born baby. Like a true enthusiast, Filip enters into the spirit of his new hobby, filming everything that moves and working on the material on a small editing suite. When he is commissioned by his boss to film a reception being held to commemorate the company’s 25th anniversary, he becomes aware of the pressures of outside expectations and even censorship. The film however gets entered into an amateur film festival and wins third prize (second prize really since none were judged good enough to win first prize!) and he soon finds himself caught up in the world of TV and film-making, helped by an attractive film producer. Suddenly he finds that his new hobby isn’t compatible with the responsibilities of bringing up a small child, nor is it compatible with the wishes of his employer.

Camera Buff (Amator) is in many ways Kieslowski’s most openly biographical film, although there are a lot of the director’s personality and ideas in all his films. What starts out as a harmless hobby develops into a passionate calling. Before he really knows what is happening or what exactly he is doing, Filip starts to become aware of the complexities of film-making and the responsibilities it brings. A simple edit can change the whole meaning of a scene, can change the audience’s whole attitude to a person. When one has a responsibility towards depicting the truth, how can one be sure of objectivity and the consequences and perceptions of those images when they are shown? In the end Filip turns the camera on himself and tells a story, the film coming now from within – the only way he can know his film’s will not falsely portray another person.

This is a marvellous film. It’s funny, it’s touching, it’s relevant – it’s Kieslowski. It’s Kieslowski in the way he can blend all these elements, constructing a story with clarity and precision, examining the issue in hand with a documentary-maker’s rigorous questioning and probing of all conceivable angles. With Kieslowski also, you know that every frame and image is important – nothing is added for elaboration, decoration or for aesthetic reasons. It is also pure Kieslowski in the way he handles the subject matter with warmth, sensitivity, humanity and a sense of humour.

2.86GB | 1 h 53 min | 808×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/684F80E03B35FAD/Krzysztof_Kieslowski_-_(1979)_Camera_Buff.mkv

Language(s):Polish+commentary
Subtitles:English

The post Krzysztof Kieslowski – Amator AKA Camera Buff (1979) first appeared on Cinema of the World.