‘EO’ Director Jerzy Skolimowski & Co-Writer Ewa Piaskowska On Challenges Of Working With Animals: “We Were Terribly Optimistic” – Contenders Film: The Nominees

I owe quite a lot to Robert Bresson and his [1966] filmAu Hasard Balthazar, he said.

One of the main characters is a donkey, but its a completely different story.

Hes a fully-fledged character.

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Theres not much expression going on!

So the emotional potential of the character was actually realized through editing, to a huge extent.

The films powerful music also helps, and Skolimowski was quick to give credit to the person responsible.

This is what Pawel did, and this is the films best achievement, sound-wise.

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