Tag: Andrzej Wajda

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Ingestion: Andrzej Wajda’s Kanał and the Dissolution of the Warsaw Insurgency

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|Victoria Breshears| War films usually batter the senses with concussive noise from above, but Andrzej Wajda’s Kanal smothers them from below. The true horror begins only after conventional battlefield noises disappear, replaced by the wet, suctioning drag of submerged boots, frantic… Continue reading

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Kanał and The Odyssey: The Power of Time and Sound

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|Zach Staads| When I watched Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey for the first time, I was left empty. I enjoyed many aspects of it, certainly had my issues with it as someone who has studied Greek myth in some small way, but really I just felt like there was some strange missing piece. Continue reading