Katarzyna Kasia and Karolina Korwin-Piotrowska to discuss the phenomenon of ‘Barbie’. Let us introduce to you the Plastic Fantastic? section of the Tofifest IFF
PLASTIC FANTASTIC? is a special treat we have prepared specifically for our audience. This special section of the festival will feature a few selected films that inspired Greta Gerwig to make the most popular blockbuster of the last summer.
One can certainly have the impression that everything there is to say has definitely already been said about the film ‘Barbie’ by Greta Gerwig. The film’s box-office success reinstated hope that cinema goers would eventually return in numbers, while the formula and message conveyed by the film were both greatly appreciated and strongly opposed by international audiences. However, what we intend to do during TOFIFEST, is to draw your attention to the process behind making the film. Among a list of over 30 films, which Greta Gerwig defined as having direct influence on her, the Plastic Fantastic? section contains the most interesting ones, at least to us, which stand out among the rest with its unique stage design, music, or extraordinary characters - and these are exactly the qualities of ‘Barbie’.
We would also like to invite our audience to a very special meeting with journalist Katarzyna Kasia and film critic Karolina Korwin-Piotrowska, who are going to share their views about the phenomenon behind ‘Barbie’. Is the film a true feminist manifesto, or rather a colourful blown egg? This is just one of the many questions that you will get to ask our guests as soon as on 25th June!
For example, in the Plastic Fantastic? section, you will have a chance to see some films made by the brilliant French film director Jacques Demy, and get on board for a very musical and colourful journey. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, with the ravishing Catherine Deneuve in the main role, is a love story reminding us that the passage of time can change even the greatest affection. In The Young Girls of Rochefort, you will follow the story of two artistically gifted sisters, who fall in love with men who are just passing through the town where the girls live. Model Shop is about an ideal place for all keen photographers, but also for George, who decides to spend the last of his money to take a souvenir photo of the beautiful Lola.
The Red Shoes by Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell is a story about the career of a prima ballerina, who falls in love with a ballet composer and needs to face a very tough choice.
All That Jazz by Bob Fosse is an autobiographical story about a choreographer struggling with his many addictions, delivered with a pinch of salt.
Feel free to join our vivid screenings and far-from-obvious discussions!
Included in the section
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, dir. by Jérémie Périn, France, 1964, 92’
- The Young Girls of Rochefort, dir. by Jérémie Périn, France, 1967, 124’
- Model Shop, dir. by Jacques Demy, France, USA, 1969, 90’
- The Red Shoes, dir. by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Great Britain 1948, 135’
- All That Jazz, dir. by Bob Fosse, USA, 1979, 123’
