SOURCE: "A Note on Konwicki's Filmmaking," in Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. XIV, No. 3, Fall, 1994, pp. 197-200.

In the essay below, Dasko provides an overview of Konwicki's filmmaking.

Tadeusz Konwicki's filmmaking adventure, now well into its fourth decade, is not a common scenario. While film directors frequently cross over into literature, if only to coauthor a screenplay, few novelists are ever offered a chance to stand behind a camera. In neither craft is Konwicki a journeyman; in fact, his accomplishments as a writer place him firmly in the august circle of those European men of letters whose voices ring with unchallenged spiritual and artistic authority. Yet, time after time, he would continue to reach beyond his traditional, verbal universe and seek to express himself within the world of the visual.

Konwicki's arrival into the international film community could not pass unnoticed; while he had previously written two screenplays...