The Construction of Existence
The Construction of Existence

Summary/Abstract: Asked by a French critic about his fascination with technology, Zbigniew Rybczyński responded contrarily that he regards it as an obstacle. More, he believes that that it is impossible to achieve a desired goal and admitted that he would like his films to flow in the manner of life. Could it be that the master of the video technique wished to capture with the assistance of computer technology the indeterminate “stream of life” in the manner of the Old Masters of painting or the novel? The thematic axis of Rybczyński’s numerous films is the symbolically portrayed “path of life” – from childhood to death and further on (e.g. the video clip: Imagine to music by John Lennon). In Washington a little girl plays with a kitten. A moment later she is already an old woman while the kitten has amazingly preserved eternal youth. Several sequences in The Orchestra also evoke the symbolic scheme of human life. Rybczyński starts his story from the end – a hearse appears at the beginning of the film and re-emerges at its conclusion.

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