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Walerian Borowczyk
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2 September 1923 - 3 February 2006
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Borovchik Valerian was born on October 21, 1923. This is a French and Polish director.
At first he studied painting at the Krakow Academy, and then he was a film poster artist. Together with Jan Lenitsa Borovchik began to make films. His first works were Striptease, Once Upon a Time in 1957, and House in 1958. After some time, Valerian begins to work alone and shoots the paintings “Grandma’s Encyclopedia in 13 volumes”, “Joachim’s Dictionary” and “Renaissance”. In 1966, the director moved to Paris
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Borovchik Valerian was born on October 21, 1923. This is a French and Polish director.
At first he studied painting at the Krakow Academy, and then he was a film poster artist. Together with Jan Lenitsa Borovchik began to make films. His first works were Striptease, Once Upon a Time in 1957, and House in 1958. After some time, Valerian begins to work alone and shoots the paintings “Grandma’s Encyclopedia in 13 volumes”, “Joachim’s Dictionary” and “Renaissance”.
In 1966, the director moved to Paris and began working there. In this country he shoots short films “Gavot”, “Rosaly” and “Diptych”, animated picture “Theater of Monsieur and Madame Cabal” in 1967. In this work, Borovchik showed interest in exquisite eroticism. This direction determined his further creativity.
The author depicted love with a special taste – with a subtle irony and high culture. But not every painting was successful. Valerian preferred to use historical stories. In the 1976 film The Prostitute, the director turned to a modern theme. In 1969, the author made an absurdly erotic picture.
Goto, Love Island . In 1971, Blanche was created - a film adaptation of a medieval legend from the era of Charlemagne. The next two erotic masterpieces were based on Western European history – Immoral Stories in 1974 and The Beast in 1975. In 1975, Valerian was engaged in the adaptation of the novel by Stefan Jeromesky “The Story of Sin”, and in 1977 he interpreted the works of Stendhal in the film “Beyond the walls of the monastery”.
In the 80s, the author works on elegant film adaptations that did not go beyond commercial cinema. Fantasy on common in the XX century Stephensonian themes was reflected in the film “The Strange Story of Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Osborne” in 1981. "Lulu" in 1980, "The Art of Love" in 1983 found their fans.