Skolimowski: “Barrier” ( “Bariera”)
[Originally written for the University of Washington Office of Cinema Studies Film Series "Voices and Visions," April 20, 1982] Tight shot: a man’s back, naked, bent, straining; his bands tied behind him; his head, whether yearning forward or bowed in fear and trembling, unseen. The posture faintly evokes your basic bullet-in-the-back-of-the-neck, Darkness at Noon–style execution. The [...]
