Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema

Overview

When Martin Scorsese says a film is worth seeing, you damn well better pay attention. With a directing career that spans more than five decades and includes the likes of Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Raging Bull and The Departed, he's undoubtedly one of the greatest filmmakers to have ever walked the earth, and, as The Wolf of Wall Street showed us, every bit as edgy and vital in his 70s as he was in his 30s and 40s

On top of all that, Scorsese is also a major player in the preservation and restoration of classic cinema, having helped establish both The Film Foundation and The World Cinema Foundation. His latest passion project is a showcase of classic Polish Cinema, which will be presented at ACMI over three weeks in October.

Spanning from the '50s to the '80s, Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema features 13 seminal works, including Krzysztof Kieslowski international breakthrough A Short Film About Killing and Andrzej Wajda's WWII film Ashes and Diamonds. The latter entry is one that Scorsese considers among the greatest motion pictures ever made.

For the full Masterpieces of Polish Cinema program, visit the ACMI website.