going insane over 1670 its like a dream show for me. that period and sarmatian culture i sooo interesting to me i will rant about it to anyone who would listen AND THEY MADE A SILLY FUN SHOW ABOUT IT??? WITH DOOMED OLD WOMEN YURI??? biting my hands
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ALRIGHT YALL
I’m here to spread patriotic propaganda, bc fuck this country if it’s not about culture and art.
AND IT IS ABOUT BOTH SO I AM WAVING WHITE AND RED FLAG.
Anyway.
There is this movie, The Peasants (Chłopi) directed by DK Welchman an Hugh Welchman. It is animated drama based on polish Nobel prize winning novel by Władysław Reymont. It tells a story about a cycle of life in polish countryside at the end of XIX century. AND I KNOW IT MAY SOUND BORING BUT—
It was animated to look as if it was painted. Many talented artist worked to make oil paintings that became key moments for animators to put together. This technique is inspired by Józef Chełmoński (polish painter) and some of his works can be seen in this movie as scenes. Below Babie Lato and Bociany.
You may be familiar with this technique of filmmaking from Loving Vincent (2017) which is a story about Vincent van Gogh’s life portrayed in his style of painting.
SO WHY AM I DOING THIS? Purely to maybe interest u all in checking out The Peasants.
I’m leaving you links to the trailer, PLEASE I BEG U CHECK IT OUT IT’S SO COOL!!!
Last thing i am leaving is spotify link to the song from soundtrack.
Thank u and have a great day bye!
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chłopi (2023), dir. dk welchman & hugh welchman
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Chłopomania but I can reclaim it (coming from a peasant background)
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When movie comes out on vod maybe i'd talk about it more but one detail i really love about "Chłopi/The Peasants" was the way dance sequences were directed. It really did felt how in both wedding and Antek dance Jagna was treated like an object, but in different ways. When Maciej is treating her more as a treasure, Antek views her as a sexual desire (a least i read it as that).
I wish i knew how to make gifs, but notice how in Jesień-Tańcuj (which is an absolute banger) there really isn't that much of erotic passion in a way that old Boryna interracts with Jagna. He does seem to be attracted to her, but he keeps a certain level of stoicism. Any time we see them kiss or do other intimate stuff it feels more like: a man and his prize. But getting back on track. The choreography seems to focus more on his observation. He circles her, spins her around a lot, like he's looking at riches from every angle. Jagna is tossed from man to man, like you could do with some gold or gems, showing rest of the village what beauty he'd got.
On the other hand we have Antek. First of all, dance definitely feels more personal, it's just two of them. There's also that passion that is far more stronger than in a previous one. The thing is though, it all come down to touch. Antek touches her, going through her figure like she's a statue. He takes of her ribbon of her braid, as the sharp red light reflect on their faces. There's definitely an emotion here, and with Jagna's leitmotiv playing in the background (also such a beautiful piece) it does seem like there is honesty in the way she views this situation, like she feels alive, like a person. But that sharp red is Antek's lust. It also almost feels like a warning call, to stop while they are ahead, as if something terrible is going to happen next...
Yes i am currently hiperfixating on Chłopi of all things, what about it.
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The Peasants
directed by DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman, 2023
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L.U.C. & Rebel Babel Film Orchestra feat. Tęgie Chłopy - Miłosny Opętani...
❤️
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does chłopi (2023) feature all the tropes of slavic realism that i hate (free-spirited girl unlucky enough to be born beautiful attracts the romantic attention of the richest man in the village and his much more age-appropriate son, makes some mistakes of varying gravity, and keeps paying for them, and keeps paying for them, and keeps paying for them, culminating in a final collective act of violence) like the bastard child (affectionate) of slavko kolar, dinko šimunović and josip kozarac? yes.
will it stay with me for a long time, making me want to track down the novel it was based on? also yes.
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star wars x chłopi (2023)
...for some reason
getting a very specific, obscure and completely out of pocket hyperfixation again? hell yeah
(totally not doing it just to redraw the winter hay scene with kylo and alyx)
still working on the au lore, but it will be something around the original movie, with a few small changes
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