Przestrzeń kadru/poza kadrem. O fotograficznych ujęciach w Idzie i Zimnej wojnie Pawła Pawlikowskiego

The following discussion concentrates on the shaping of film space, frame composition and what happens beyond the frame. The objectiveis to explore the aesthetics of the films, resulting primarily from the juxtaposition of photographic (in vivo) shots with moving film images. The non-standard composition of the frames in both films, based on shifting the centre to the edge of the frame (deframing) and the multiplication of additional frames (over-framing): windows, doors, doorframes, etc. resultin a significant play on space. Such creative use of the formal strategies and still (photographic) images forces the viewer to reflecton the destinyof the protagonists. The stillness and silence so often used in both films, are objective aspects of photography, but above all of death, which from the beginning accompanies Pawlikowski’s protagonists: Wanda, Ida, Zulaand Wiktor.