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Obscure Pleasures: A Portrait of Walerian Borowczyk

Obscure Pleasures: A Portrait of Walerian Borowczyk

2013•1h 4m•Documentary

During a hospital stay in 2001, the Polish painter, sculptor and filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk compiled a handwritten list of the objects and animals that were featured in his films. While he had used both encyclopedias and dictionaries to order chaos in his own films, this list saw Borowczyk putting his own life in order.

Daniel Bird · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 4m
LanguageEN
Release DateNov 17, 2013

Actors

Walerian Borowczyk

Walerian Borowczyk

Self

Freddy Buache

Freddy Buache

Self

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