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Get tickets at http://2020.miff.com.au/film/kill-it-and-leave-this-townDirector: Mariusz WilczyńskiLanguage: PolishIn renowned animator Mariusz Wilczyński’s ...
- 2 min
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- MIFF
Oct 21, 2020 · This surreal and striking feature-length animation sees Mariusz Wilczynski revive the memories of growing up in the industrial town of Łódź during the 60s an...
In ‘Kill It and Leave This Town’, Mariusz Wilczyński takes us on an intimate journey through a world made up of memories, sentiments and recollections. Here he reveals to Culture.pl readers the personal puzzle pieces that lie behind his engrossing animated film.
In this surrealist animation, Mariusz Wilczyński tells the story of a man who hides in a land of safe memories from his childhood in 1970s-era Poland, fleein...
- A Comfortless & Surreal Animated Film That Lingers in Your Mind
- A Transfixing Journey of Grief & Rage
- Conclusion: Kill It and Leave It
The setting is a dreary, smoke-hued industrial town with factories on every corner, and with only isolated bursts of color — as seen in a distant neon sign or a simple ribbon. The local townsfolk, populated by bumptious shop owners, mercurial parents, and overly distracted employees, are uncaring, impatient, or self-seeking. The inky smoke from the...
Kill It and Leave This Town is a deeply personal affair disguised as a vast, unnerving meditation on existence. There are moments where characters are arguing or rambling about their insecurities, vanity, or grief. But these interactions, while sometimes meandering or exhausting, are enhanced by the fanciful black-and-white animation that occasiona...
Mariusz Wilczynski’s Kill It and Leave This Town is art in its purest form; sincere, evocative, and intimate. Kill It and Leave This Town is one of the most unique films of the year. That being said, it’ll require patience from the viewer to fully unpack everything about this inexplicably hypnotic trip that goes in many unexpected directions withou...
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Feb 23, 2020 · Kill It and Leave This Town is not just a personal voyage; it also appeals to the collective memory of people who grew up during the decline of the communist regime – a sociopolitical concept that made folks unpleasant or hostile to each other for no reason.
Feb 24, 2020 · The dehumanization of life under Communism reaches into the most intimate spheres of the relationship between husband and wife and parents and child in Polish animator Mariusz Wilczynski’s...
