Francis Ford Coppola reacts to Andrzej Wajda's 1958 masterpiece Ashes and Diamonds, starring Zbigniew Cybulski. Source: Anne Thompson / @thompsononhollywood
Not an obscure film, or at least it shouldn't be for anyone who watches & appreciates world cinema. Sure the themes are complex for anyone who doesn't know Polish culture or history, but it is quite simply a masterpiece. Also would be good to hear the entire interview & what he has to say about it
God responses like this frustrate me. 😠 He basically said *nothing* about the film, WHY he loves it specifically, WHAT makes it so special... Just "it's a great film, it's not well known, the actor died young - which is sad." 🙄 Gee, thanks Coppola.
There are several scenes in Cybulski's movies that pretty much mirror the way he would eventually die in 1967. Namely scenes of him jumping into a moving train at the last moment. That's the way he died in real life.
