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knownauthors,bothprofessors:DonFredericksenandMarek
Hendrykowski,whostepbystepandfactafterfactdescribethe
complexgenesisofthispictureanditsfurtherhistory.Asthe
directorIsensepersonalsatisfactioncomingfromthefactthat
thisbookispublishedbothinPolishandEnglishsimultaneously.
FredericksenandHendrykowskicarryonanunparalleleddis-
cussionacrosstheAtlanticOcean,inanattempttomergeand
consolidatetwodistinctoutlooksandtwovariedperspectives.
Theirdialoguehasbroughtaveryinterestingresult.Thereader
willlearnmuchaboutthepoliticalandsocialcontextsofmy
filmandaboutthehistoricalcircumstancesthataccompanied
itsmaking.AtthesametimeKanalisperceivedandinterpreted
herenotonlyintheperspectiveofdomesticaccomplishments,
butwithregardtoworldfilmmakingachievements.Both
authorsalsoofferaverymoderninterpretationofKanal.Itsun-
expectedcontemporaryrelevanceissurprisingandmakesone
thinkthatthisblack-and-whitefilmdedicatedtothedramaof
the1944WarsawUprising,watchedinthecontextoftheend-
lesslytragiceventsofthepresentday,mayrevealtotheviewer
notonlyanexcerptfromPoland’spastbutalsoamuchmore
universalperspective.
Warsaw,15
th
ofAugust2006
