Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski explained
| Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski |
| Director: | Irek Dobrowolski |
| Starring: | Stanisław Szukalski
Glenn Bray
Robert Williams |
| Music: | Amotz Plessner |
| Distributor: | Netflix |
| Runtime: | 115 minutes |
| Country: | Poland
United States |
| Language: | English |
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski is a 2018 documentary film directed by Irek Dobrowolski, written by Stephen Cooper and Irek Dobrowolski and starring Stanisław Szukalski, Glenn Bray and Robert Williams. The documentary is produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, and his father George DiCaprio.[1] [2] [3] The film was released by Netflix on December 21, 2018.
Premise
The documentary tells the story of the Polish artist Stanisław Szukalski’s troubled life and complicated body of work. He created his own language, and is a self-taught sculptor, who once lost all his work in a Nazi bombing raid.[4] It also focuses on his nationalism and anti-semitic tendencies in the lead-up to World War II, and his subsequent repentance during the second half of his life.
Reception
The documentary was reviewed positively by Karen Han in The New York Times, who stated that it "manages to deliver" on the breadth and depth implied by the title. Han noted: "Still, for Bray, George DiCaprio and others who knew Szukalski in his final years, their struggle with his past is deeply personal. They effectively become subjects themselves, grappling with how he ought to be remembered. The viewer is left to decide."[5]
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Notes and References
- News: 'Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski' Review: A Sharp Look at a Tangled Legacy - The New York Times. The New York Times . 26 December 2018 . July 7, 2019. July 7, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190707181720/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/movies/struggle-the-life-and-lost-art-of-szukalski-review.html. live . Han . Karen .
- Web site: Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski (2018). Letterboxd. July 7, 2019. February 23, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200223122630/https://letterboxd.com/film/struggle-the-life-and-lost-art-of-szukalski/. live.
- Web site: Film Review: Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski. Musée Magazine. 24 January 2019 . July 7, 2019. July 18, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190718071518/http://museemagazine.com/culture/2019/1/24/film-review-struggle-the-life-and-lost-art-of-szukalski. live.
- Web site: Who Is Stanislav Szukalski, the Obscure Artist Leonardo DiCaprio Is Trying to Make Famous?. Observer. 19 December 2018 . July 7, 2019. May 25, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190525005732/https://observer.com/2018/12/stanislav-szukalski-leonardo-dicaprio-netflix-documentary-struggle-polish-artist/. live.
- News: Han . Karen . 2018-12-26 . 'Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski' Review: A Sharp Look at a Tangled Legacy . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-03-13 . 0362-4331 . 2019-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190707181720/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/movies/struggle-the-life-and-lost-art-of-szukalski-review.html . live .
