Jerzy Skolimowski is one of the most original Polish directors and one
of only a handful who has gained genuine recognition abroad. This is the
first monograph, written in English, to be devoted to his cinema. It
covers Skolimowski's career from his early successes in Poland, such as
Identification Marks: None and Barrier, through his émigré films,
Deep End, Moonlighting and The Lightship, to his return to Poland
where, in 2008, he made the internationally acclaimed Four Nights with
Anna.
Ewa Mazierska addresses the main features of Skolimowski's films, such
as their affinity to autobiographism and surrealism, while discussing
their characters, narratives, visual style, soundtracks, and the uses of
literature. She draws on a wide range of cinematic and literary texts,
situating Skolimowski's work within the context of Polish and world
cinema, and drawing parallels between his work and that of two
directors, with whom he tends to be compared, Roman Polański and
Jean-Luc Godard.