Camera Buff

Amator

109 mins
8.6 / 10 (2900)
2

Synopsis

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it’s the first camera in town, he’s named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works…

MUBI's take

Beware the dangers of cinephilia! Krzysztof Kieślowski’s sophomore feature is a riveting study of filmmaking as a tool for telling other people’s stories. Exploring the reality of censorship in Communist Poland, it asks us to reflect on the artist’s social responsibility in trying political times.

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