Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski is a 2018 documentary film directed by Irek Dobrowolski, written by Stephen Cooper and Irek Dobrowolski and starring Stanisław Szukalski, Glenn Bray and Robert Williams. The documentary is produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, and his father George DiCaprio.[1][2][3] The film was released by Netflix on December 21, 2018.

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
Directed byIrek Dobrowolski
Written byStephen Cooper
Irek Dobrowolski
StarringStanisław Szukalski
Glenn Bray
Robert Williams
Music byAmotz Plessner
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • December 21, 2018 (2018-12-21)
Running time
115 minutes
CountriesPoland
United States
LanguageEnglish

Premise

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The documentary tells the story of the Polish artist Stanisław Szukalski’s troubled life and complicated body of work. He created his own language, and is a self-taught sculptor, who once lost all his work in a Nazi bombing raid.[4] It also focuses on his nationalism and anti-semitic tendencies in the lead-up to World War II, and his subsequent repentance during the second half of his life.

Reception

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The documentary was reviewed positively by Karen Han in The New York Times, who stated that it "manages to deliver" on the breadth and depth implied by the title. Han noted: "Still, for Bray, George DiCaprio and others who knew Szukalski in his final years, their struggle with his past is deeply personal. They effectively become subjects themselves, grappling with how he ought to be remembered. The viewer is left to decide."[5]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Han, Karen (26 December 2018). "'Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski' Review: A Sharp Look at a Tangled Legacy - The New York Times". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski (2018)". Letterboxd. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "Film Review: Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski". Musée Magazine. 24 January 2019. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Who Is Stanislav Szukalski, the Obscure Artist Leonardo DiCaprio Is Trying to Make Famous?". Observer. 19 December 2018. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  5. ^ Han, Karen (2018-12-26). "'Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski' Review: A Sharp Look at a Tangled Legacy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2019-07-07. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
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