A very nice write-up, pointing out quite a few little details that I'd missed before, such as the egg-shaped photos in the newspaper. Recently I saw a review of the American film from 1990 "Breakdown" and wonder to what extent that could be seen as a kind of remake of this film. Ripe for a rewatch...
Neither the trailer nor the poster do justice to the movie. This is where you need to ask someone from the Polish film industry to hand-paint a poster. There is nothing quite like a Polish poster from this period to set off a film, particularly a thriller/horror film.
I skimmed the Wikipedia page for the remake and was genuinely flabbergasted at the choices Sluizer made with it. This, as it is, is such a gut punch of a story and I'm very glad you liked my review because I worried I wasn't doing it justice (for context, I had a horrible cold and fever when I wrote this issue and I wasn't making sense to myself by the end of it!)
A very nice write-up, pointing out quite a few little details that I'd missed before, such as the egg-shaped photos in the newspaper. Recently I saw a review of the American film from 1990 "Breakdown" and wonder to what extent that could be seen as a kind of remake of this film. Ripe for a rewatch...
Neither the trailer nor the poster do justice to the movie. This is where you need to ask someone from the Polish film industry to hand-paint a poster. There is nothing quite like a Polish poster from this period to set off a film, particularly a thriller/horror film.
Okay I had to Google Polish film posters from that period because I was curious and my god I am DELIGHTED
I knew of this movie because of the English remake in 1993 - I rented the Dutch version and found it MUCH darker! Great review!
I skimmed the Wikipedia page for the remake and was genuinely flabbergasted at the choices Sluizer made with it. This, as it is, is such a gut punch of a story and I'm very glad you liked my review because I worried I wasn't doing it justice (for context, I had a horrible cold and fever when I wrote this issue and I wasn't making sense to myself by the end of it!)
You did a great job!