I thought that instead I could have fun asking actors about their taste in films as well as to get some lateral info I was curious of. My overall impression was that most actors found it difficult to speak without a script. Some got literally taken aback by the question. Magdalena Rozczka dubbed it "cruel" as, apart from work, house chores left her no time to watch anything. She'd love to see everything that's on at the cinema. Piotr Stramowski, looking even more of a hipster and arrogant than in the upcoming film, said "it wasn't like he felt he had to go to the cinema". He watches stuff but clearly it's not his passion. Agnieszka Wiedlocha's taste was the most eclectic ranging from Kusturica to the "Sex and the City" series which she could watch over and over as well as anything with Meryl Streep. Generally they seemed to fancy Polish full-length works, especially the latest two loud productions: "Ostatnia rodzina" and "Wolyn", both usually seen at the Gdynia Film Festival and American series, obviously including "Breaking Bad", in one case even "Stranger Things" (Aleksandra Domanska), but never anything as extreme as "The Walking Dead" or even megapopular "The Game of Thrones" . Aleksandra Domanska was the chattiest and provided me with a long list of her faves from classics like late Wajda's "Ziemia obiecana", "Czlowiek z marmuru" or "Czlowiek z zelaza", non-late-Wajda's "Przesluchanie" and "Casablanca", through anything with Meryl Streep to "masculine" movies by Tarantino, rather older plus "Inglourious Basterds" as well as lots of series, including: "you certainly won't know this one - "Gilmore Girls". Kamil Kula, who only doesn't like watching himself, hasn't yet found the time to see "Ostatnia rodzina" and "Wolyn" but was going to. As Maciej Zakoscielny, the most non-verbally expressive of the crowd, had just recommended both to me, especially "Wolyn" which had "shaken" him, I enquired if Kamil Kula followed his colleagues recommendation. Certainly not, he looked at me astonished. Maciej Zakoscielny's taste was the closest to mine - he was the only one to have enjoyed " The Neon Demon" and, as he was dubbing Eddie Redmayne, he's got the chance to see "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". The youngest of the actors, 10-year-old Adam Tomaszewski, has always had dramatic parts but when watching prefers comedy shows, especially "Mr. Bean". While the oldest one - Bartlomiej Topa, who rarely finds time to watch anything but would love to see more - liked "The House of Cards". No one else did.
The lateral info I got was:
- The current season of "Singielka" was shot in spring and, to Kamil Kula's knowledge, is the last one. The serial won't be continued.
- Adam Tomaszewski has been acting since he was 3 and his parents had brought him to an agency just because they had been repeatedly told their son had been "lovely like in a commercial". He's appeared in commercials, films, a serial and theatre. He was the blind man's partner's son in "Carte Blanche" as well as a drug dealer in "Skazane". He finds theatre the hardest as he can't make any mistake. His the oldest child and he's got two younger sisters. The middle one - Oliwia - has had a small role once too but felt shy, got stressed out and refused to do it ever again. The youngest one, now 3, is in the agency too but so far has been deemed either too young or too old for the offered parts.
- I asked Bartlomiej Topa about his role I hadn't liked in "Karbala". I had found a clash between his commander's position and his giving orders with a trembling voice. The actor explained to me his perception of the character: "he went there to build water pipelines and give away sweets", he didn't need to be tough, "where he was he could have whispered orders and would have been obeyed".
Shortly afterwards the 7th American Film Festival takes place in Wroclaw. While I'm not going there, I just have to remark on its logotype which looks blurred like a 3D picture seen without 3D glasses. Poor print or poor graphics?
After both festivals, in early November the Muranow cinema will finally open the 2 new screens. They're going to have 40 seats each and show niche movies which normally disappear from cinemas too soon.
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