{"id":2343,"date":"2024-08-20T12:17:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T12:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everydayphotography.org\/journal\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2024-09-23T10:18:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T10:18:43","slug":"editors-letter-august-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everydayphotography.org\/journal\/editors-letter-august-2024","title":{"rendered":"Editor’s Letter \u2013 August, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this article, you can read the editorial from our latest newsletter written by Eidolon-editor Endre Cserna, which were sent out on August 1st, 2024. We publish our monthly editor's letters, in which we reflect on recent events, approximately two weeks after the newsletter is out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dear Eidolon Readers, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski was one of the most important filmmakers of Eastern and Central Europe emerging in the Soviet era, particularly in the unique and profound way he addressed the question of freedom (and liberty) in personal, political, religious, and philosophical terms, and how its meaning changed in the context of the realities of the Cold War years. This theme, in both hidden and overt ways, forms the backbone of his character-driven oeuvre which has an ominous aura imbued with unmistakable regional pessimism. As another legendary director (and in his younger years \u2013 avid photographer), Stanley Kubrick wrote in a foreword of a book containing Kie\u015blowski\u2019s screenplays: \u201eI am always reluctant to single out some particular feature of the work of a major filmmaker because it tends inevitably to simplify and reduce the work. But in this book of screenplays by Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski and his co-author, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, it should not be out of place to observe that they have the very rare ability to dramatize their ideas rather than just talking about them. By making their points through the dramatic action of the story they gain the added power of allowing the audience to discover what's really going on rather than being told. They do this with such dazzling skill, you never see the ideas coming and don't realize until much later how profoundly they have reached your heart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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