Synopsis

The script of the film was based on the correspondence of St. Lem and Sł. Mrożek. The correspondence of two great writers is a valuable document not only of intellectual friendship. It is a document of the epoch in its entirety. A strong accent in the of Mrożek’s correspondence with Lem is the reference to Mrożek’s open letter, published in Le Monde and in the Paris-based Kultura, protesting against the intervention of the Warsaw Pact troops in Czechoslovakia. The journey marked by the steady clatter of the wagon wheels, similar to the sound of the typewriter font striking, set the rhythm of the mutual narratives between the sender and the recipient. This is how we begin the journey with image and sound in abstract time. A specific sense of humor is what binds the friendship of both writers. This correspondence “chess game” gave the filmmakers full freedom of creative expression. Interpreting through animation, they combined artistic virtuosity with understanding the intentions of interlocutors. The great advantage of the film is that it maintains the priority of the servile, in this case, the role of visualization, without giving up the broadly understood sphere of artistic freedom. This also applies to perfectly selected music, which resembles the background music of Fellini’s films. The producers made sure that the visuals did not compete with the text, but only emphasized it. At the beginning, life itself with all the baggage of absurdity, which then grows into a canvas of texts that finally lead to the creation of animation.

Original/Alternative Title: Lem i Mrożek – reaktywacja