Innocent Sorcerers

Surprisingly light and cool Polish film about young adults getting to know each other, mainly taking set during one night and accompied by a jazzy score by Komeda. It seems to be an unusual entry in director Wajda's resume and that's probably thanks to the script. Still, I thought that it shared some of the same feel as lighter scenes in "Ashes and Diamonds", but without the post-WW2 background and darker themes of that film. It's quite impressive that it predates Godard's "Breathless".

See at Whirled Cinema. A very interesting non-new wave new wave film. Though this was released in 1960, it was shot in '59 and predates Goddard. Knowing this going in, the similarities in mise en scene and attitude were startling. The relationship between the two main characters is wonderful.

Surprisingly not that boring, considering I wasn't able to connect to the characters.

love the music / love the aimless nature / not much else but it's enough

I'm hoping to find a Wajda film I like as much as Kanal, but this one isn't it. It's okay... slightly new wave, as if influenced by Breathless, but I believe it actually came out first. Most of it consists of one conversation between the two main characters, whose flippant tone with each other hides a deeper desire to connect. A nice movie, but not too fulfilling. Keep an eye out for young Roman Polanski.