#Gierszał

[cryptixotic]

Day 5 : The Lure

[filmreveries]

“We’re not human. We’re just on vacation here.”

The Lure (2015) dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska

[fleursial]

You live to give to others as much as you can.

[whereisyourpippinnow]

I won't forbid you, brother, to dance with the Germans, but I have no intention of joining you in this dance. So that future generations wouldn't say that Zawrats are traitors. And sons of a bitch. Tobie bracie z Niemcami tańczyć nie zabronię, ale ja nie mam zamiaru. Żeby ci, co po nas przyjdą, nie powiedzieli, że Zawraty zdrajcy. I skurwysyny.

White Courage (Biała Odwaga) | 2024 (dir. Marcin Koszałka)

[twojulubionysyriusz]

Chciałobym się wyżalić komuś ale tylko oni by mnie zrozumieli

[perryxss]

“Jak mógłbyś oddać najcenniejszy dar, jaki posiadasz?”

[dangerouslyflawedd2]

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[keepingupwithjakubgierszal]

JAKUB GIERSZAŁ for Zwierciadło Nov Issue 🤎🌿🌳

[hannahwatcheshorror]

THE LURE (2015)

A weird little Polish musical horror film that very loosely follows the original plot of the little mermaid but more gruesome and much more tragic. As horror movies go it wasn’t very scary, but gory and moody (and incredibly artistic). You feel more compassion for the murderous creatures than the human victims (it was just in their nature for the sirens to hunt, but what were the humans doing?).

⭐⭐⭐.5

THE LURE is a Polish musical horror about two mermaids that get scooped up by some crazy rockers who think they can handle two actual sirens (they cannot). We follow Silver and Golden as they traverse the land and deal with these selfish humans (who can all be controlled by the girls' shimmery voices). There appears to be a general knowledge of mermaids/sirens in this universe because their existence is not kept a secret, in fact, it is a gimmick at the club in their stripping act when they first arrive (it’s only after they establish themselves more that they can keep their legs and clothes on). It should be pointed out too that the girls are sort of like an eel-type of siren, their tails have no big fin at the end, but are still a sight to behold when they are transformed.

Now, in the first few minutes our girls try to lure the two men in the band to a watery death but are caught by the female singer, so it is already well established from the get go that these two are (would-be) man eaters. Why anyone would think they could control these wildcards from the deep is beyond me, they can literally control you with a song for goodness sake! The humans look at these mystical girls with money in their eyes (or any other excuse to use the poor things) and are ready to take advantage of these seemingly innocent creatures. Except for Golden, Golden has a lot on her mind and it is mostly blood and murder. This is her nature though, we cannot really fault her for being a creature of nature. There is a part where the band finds out one of the girls killed someone so they just dump both of them in the water and leave them for dead… But they are able to get back out and get over that (mostly, 👍 ( wait)).

Silver has fallen head over tail for the shaggy haired boy who will fuck anything that, well, doesn’t have a tail, and he promptly informs her that he only sees her as a fish. She uses her siren song on him to change his mind for the moment (let’s see how long this lasts) before making the choice to get her tail surgically removed and swapped for regular legs. This is apparently a surgery that the doctors are more than prepared to do (??), keeping both girls alive while sawed completely in half (neat magic trick). Silver loses her voice because of this trade but is excited to show her shaggy headed slut. Surprise! He wants something a little less complicated (like a regular human female and not a mute half-fish lady). This breaks Silver's heart and as we all know, when you break a mermaid's heart they turn to seafoam if they don’t eat you, so Golden encourages Silver to eat him… But Silver is too sweet. She turns to seafoam in his arms…

And Golden, in her sadness and rage, goes for his throat. The reception is shocked, two people are gone (though most will only ever miss the groom) and Golden returns to the water, alone. Where she will be, alone, for ages and rages because she is a mystical being and her only friend is gone. A tragedy on all sides really. If anyone understood the other person's nature in this film maybe things would have turned out differently, but they all chose to ignore what they wanted to ignore.

[mxmoth]

FAVORITE HORROR FILMS | THE LURE (2015) Kino Świat, Dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszańska, Kinga Preis, Jakub Gierszał

[wagingmywarsbehindmyface]

hiiiii I heard about your essay writing skills

I have this friend who has a huge crush on Jakub Gierszał, can you write an essay about him?

hiiii 👀 of course, i’m at your service! Jakub Gierszał is an accomplished, talented and I think still a bit underrated polish actor. Due to the fact he spent his childhood in Germany, he is also bilingual which gives him much more job opportunities when it comes to working abroad. He made some projects outside of Poland but still, he built his career there. Quite broad and diverse career in my humble opinion. At the beginning of it he won Shooting Star Award which is prestigious one for promising young actors in Europe. He debuted with film All That I Love in 2008 when he still attended acting classes. However, it was Suicide Room in 2011 which brought him the popularity. He played depressed, entitled, well-off teenager who gets lost in the cyber life. He even dyed his (beautiful blonde! ✨) hair for this role. No wonder why he got two awards and one nomination for it! Later on he starred in a couple of german productions. In the meanwhile he got leading role in Yuma (2012) telling the story of young Zyga who becomes 'Robin Hood’ of his town. In 2014 he got small role in American film Dracula Untold. A project, which seems interesting for me because of the idea behind it, is definitely Lure (Córki Dancingu). It is combination of the fairytale and musical on the basis of polish folklore. I must say that sometimes I still blast the soundtrack from this movie! Overall, 2017 was the year of GIERSZAŁ. He starred in four films and all of them were part of Gdynia Film Festival, let me introduce: Najlepszy (Breaking the limits) - based on the real story of Jerzy Górski, who was addicted to drugs but thanks to sport he fought dark times in his life and won Double Ironman. (Kuba killed it with this role 🤧🤍), next one was Beyond words which takes in the subject of immigration and identity. Spoor is about retired woman who becomes mixed up in a mystery when avid hunters in her mountain village start turning up dead and there are deer tracks next to their bodies. Then there was also film called Zgoda which takes place after the second world war and it is quite tough movie about sacrifice and love. I think Kuba chooses his work really precisely and he needs to be convinced to the project and characters he plays. It was quite chaotic during pandemic, but he even agreed to star in tv series which was quite shocking for me. He had been always denying to take part in tv series because it were films he loved the most. Nevertheless, he played a killer psycho and I was sold, me loves. Recently we could see him in Zadra where he plays a rapper! 👀👀👀 and in Doppelgänger where he plays a spy, the plot takes place in 70s/90s. I’m sorry for being chaotic! I might have omitted something but I said about his most acclaimed projects. I admire Kuba’s energy, he is a modest, kind and adorably shy human being, who doesn’t like attention and he is really private. He just wants to do his job and I admire him a lot. I could listen to him forever, his train of thoughts are always interesting! I think that the future of polish cinema is in good hands. Recommend to look his projects up ✨🤍

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my comfort movies :)

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SALA SAMOBÓJCÓW (2011) dir. Jan Komasa

[angelsanctuarys]

look if time wasn't a thing and i was responsible for directing any the witcher series, either books or the games, first of all i would do everything in my power to mostly cast polish actors or at least eastern european. idc if it's not featuring the latest hollywood pretty boy/girl, i'm aiming for quality not for tiktok reels

let's say now for example that the company is throwing a tantrum bc it must be spoken in english bc god forbid subtitles be a thing. nothing in my plan would change, i'm going for as many polish and/or eastern european actors/actresses that can speak english.

all this just to say that i would chase milla jovovich until she agreed to play ves bc i won't accept anyone else

[fluffyninja91]

Zaczęłam oglądać serial o Chyłce i kurczę tam Langera juniora gra Jakub Gierszał... Czemu oni mi to robią, jak bardzo nienawidzę tej postaci, tak bardzo lubię Kubę, mój mózg nie przetwarza tych sprzecznych sygnałów 😭

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