Warning this is a biased review
Sorry for the delay, but the last 3 month have marked a gigantic leap for Rec-Ignition which now prowdly boasts running all its fansites on 100% open source software.
With this all pre-existing fansites have been updated, including a site which was built way back at the start of 2008, but due to delays was not ‘formally’ launched until now.
The site is for a film that is very close to my heart. “The Saragossa Manuscript” by Wojciech Has. Has was the director of the famous Lodz film school for the last decade of his life, over the period when I myself was working in Lodz as a Senior University lecturer.
The Saragossa Manuscript DVD
Anyway, this film is really something else, with comedy performances, great surrealism, and a meta-story structure beyond belief. Be warned through. It took me 3 viewings and a load of help before the film finally clicked.
So just trust me on this one, hang on in there, and I promise it will be worth your while.
Official Mr Bongo Publicity
Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Mr Bongo Films Present the full length version of Wojciech Has’ masterpiece film “The Saragossa Manuscript”. A film described at various time by Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Luis Bunuel and Jerry Garcial as their favorite film.
Enter a dazzling, mysterious world of the supernatural courtesy of The Saragossa Manuscript, a magical text discovered during the Napoleonic Wars by a pair of opposing soldiers. Capt. Alphonse van Worden lives out the book’s intricate, devilish storylines as he embarks on a journey across scenic Spain, now populated with ghosts, alluring demons, debauched royalty, and mystical priests. Spanning centuries and nations, the Manuscript’s reach encompasses a wide array of stories both humorous and horrifying, gleeful and grotesque, before the final chilling revelations bring this one of a kind book to a close. Critically applauded and embraced by such admirers as Jerry Garcia, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese, this swirling tapestry has been restored to its original, full length director’s cut with all of its labyrinthine riddles intact.
Director: Wojchiech Has
Starring: Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzynska, Gustaw Holoubek, Leon Niemczyk
1965 / B&W / 182 mins / 2:1 Anamorphic Aspect Ratio
“Simulateously horrific, erotic and funny … this is one mother of a film” (David Lynch) “I love the Saragossa Manuscript…exceptional” (Luis Bunel) “Polish genius” (Le Monde)
