Martin Scorsese on Polish Masterpieces at PFA

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Over the years director and cineaste Martin Scorsese has visited Berkeley’s Pacific Film Archive to do research for his projects as well as to learn about and screen hard-to-find movies. The Bay Area is lucky to have such a treasure trove for movie lovers. The PFA offers so much more than its ambitious screening program.

EatDrinkFilms asked Marty for a comment about the current series that he programmed:  Continue reading →

Editor’s Pick: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema at the PFA–THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT

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by Michael Guillén

There’s no doubt about it, Martin Scorsese has clout.  If he decides the national cinema of Poland deserves international attention, so be it, as he has proven with his touring retrospective “Masterpieces of Polish Cinema,” which premiered earlier this year at New York’s Lincoln Center and now arrives at Berkeley’s Pacific Film Archive (June 14-Aug. 21, 2014).  Continue reading →