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The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:9

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.3/10

Runtime: 3 hrs 2 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: This captivating Polish film was based on the most famous work of Count Jan Patocki (1761-1815), written in French (and published in France in 1813) as a series of stories to amuse his ailing wife.... This captivating Polish film was based on the most famous work of Count Jan Patocki (1761-1815), written in French (and published in France in 1813) as a series of stories to amuse his ailing wife. It concerns the quirky adventures of a young captain of the Walloon guards under the King of Spain during his travels through that country. The captain must pass several trials to prove himself in order to become a descendent of the powerful Mauretanian family. Featuring ghosts, a good deal of sensuality, and an ever-shifting narrative structure, the film found an unlikely champion in Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, who mentioned the film to be among his favorites in the early 70's. It found a new group of admirers when it was revived for a handful of festival screenings in 1997. [More]

Starring: Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrznska, Joanna Jedryka

Starring: Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrznska, Joanna Jedryka

Director: Wojciech Has

Director: Wojciech Has
Screenwriter: Jerzy Skarzynski, Tadeusz Myszorek
Composer: Krysztof Penderecki

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Nov 30, 1999

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  • Widescreen - 2.00

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  • Dolby Digital - Polish
  • Subtitles - English
 
 
 
 

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It's not quite as life-changing as all that, but it's certainly playful and very interesting as a study of narrative flow.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
07/30/09
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

a maddening celebration of the power of narrative to amuse, bewilder, disorient and entrap.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
04/09/08
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film

The director’s eye for baroque black-and-white imagery puts him behind only Bava and Welles, while the film’s sharp social satire gives heft to its ambition.

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04/03/08
David Fear
David Fear
Time Out New York

By any standard, a long strange trip.

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04/02/08
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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Infus[es] a similar unearthly cadenceo the swashbuckling genre that Jodorowski did to the western with El Topo.

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

No review available.

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08/22/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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A wonderful, surreal assault on narrative; it's funny, intelligent, and a ridiculously sly good time.

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07/29/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

An interesting failure.

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03/15/04
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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The three-hour movie is frequently described as a Chinese box of imaginative stories within stories based on an early 19th-century novel by Jan Potocki.

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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Surely one of the most convolutedly plotted films ever to reach the silver screen.

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05/26/02
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

These trials suggest a goofy, sprawling, all-purpose allegory so overstuffed with symbolism that it plays as a kind of epic spoof of the form.

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Stephen Holden
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