Country: Kazakhstan
Year: 1993
Duration: 90'


"We asked Jerzy Skolimowski to be the producer for our film. We were only afraid that his presence on the set would have terrorized the troupe. In the first week of shooting, he didn't show up at all. But we noticed that he was looking at its from the balcony through binoculars. Working with Kay was good. I contributcd a little in the drafting of the screenplay. Kay had immediately found a common language to talk to the camera person with." (John Yorick)

"We were very much influenced by Jung's psychology. The main motif is the shadow, i.e. the negative side of the personality. Mark is my character. He is a Persona-actor, who only reproduces the thoughts and emotions of others withoutt understanding his own. Matthew, instead, is the author, the demiurge, like the shaman who loads himself with other people's desires." (Joseph Kay)

Biography

film director

Joseph Kay

John Yorick (1968) and Joseph Kay (1970) are two brothers. Born in Poland, they lived in London and in California. They studied philosophy at New York University. While they were studying, they wrote their first screenplay, adapted from Joseph Conrad's Secret Agent. In 1990 they worked together on the screenplay for Thirty Door Key. Under the name of Michael Lyndon, John Yorick was a co-screenwriter and actor in Success is the Best Revenge as well as an actor in The Lightship. Under the name of Jerry Skol, Joseph Kay also acted in Success is the Best Revenge.

John Yorick

John Yorick (1968) and Joseph Kay (1970) are two brothers. Born in Poland, they lived in London and in California. They studied philosophy at New York University. While they were studying, they wrote their first screenplay, adapted from Joseph Conrad's Secret Agent. In 1990 they worked together on the screenplay for Thirty Door Key. Under the name of Michael Lyndon, John Yorick was a co-screenwriter and actor in Success is the Best Revenge as well as an actor in The Lightship. Under the name of Jerry Skol, Joseph Kay also acted in Success is the Best Revenge.

Cast

& Credits

Director and screenplay: John Yorick, Joseph Kay.
Director of photography: Krzysztof Ptak.
Costume designer: Jolanta WIodarczyk.
Editor: Joseph Kay.
Music: Giuseppe Verdi ("Requiem").
Sound: Piotr Knop.
Cast and characters: John Yorick (Matthew), Joseph Kay (Mark), Agnes Wagner (Rita), Barbara Kosmal (Agnes), Michael Sarne (Ojciec), Violetta Klimczewska (Lena), Stanislaw Golebiewski (Stanley), Roman Daszkiewicz (Roman), Ryszard Rosik (Rico).
Production company: Jerzy Skolimowski.
Director of Production: Kazimierz Rozwalka.
Il film è dedicato alla memoria di Basia Kosmal.
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