#O-BI O-BA: THE END OF CIVILIZATION

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O-bi, o-ba: Koniec cywilizacji Piotr Szulkin Poland, 1985 ★★★ I see not only the Polish movie posters are out there.

Good stuff, good stuff.

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The late 70s and early-mid 80s in Poland were a time of incredible censorship and, miraculously, a time of phenomenal output from Polish filmmakers. Often overshadowed on the world stage by his peers, Piotr Szulkin was a visionary pioneer in the dystopian Sci-Fi genre. Presented here are the four films that comprise Szulkin's Apocalypse Tetralogy, originally released between 1980-1986, arguably the busiest period for the scissors of Polish censors. Cleverly working around content restrictions, Szulkin delivers tense and disturbing Sci-Fi, telling fantastical, and often horrific, allegories of living in a corrupt bureaucracy and police state. From aliens to artificially-created beings, from brainwashed masses and ultra-violent indulgences, Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present Piotr Szulkin's Apocalypse Tetralogy, making its Worldwide Blu-ray debut.

GOLEM 93 min / 1.66:1 / Polish Mono / © 1979 Film Polski

Pernat finds himself in a police interrogation, accused of a murder, and unable to recall any details of the crime, or even his own life. He's released back into a world of raving lunatics and deranged dentists, murderous doctors and scientists who believe the secret of human creation is inside the walls of a cast-iron oven. Pernat's odyssey to find out who he is, and what it is to be human, will force his path to cross with all of them.

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: NEXT CENTURY 97 min / 1.85:1 / Polish Mono / © 1981 Film Polski

The Martians have landed and they're not to be feared! Or at least that's what TV personality Iron Idem has been telling people. Soon after their arrival though, his apartment is ransacked and his wife kidnapped. He's tagged like a wild animal and his nightly scripts are being changed. What Idem's eyes are seeing no longer matches what he tells audiences night after night. Are the Martians as good-natured as he believed, or is he being used in a more sinister plot that endangers the entire planet?

O-BI O-BA: THE END OF CIVILIZATION 89 min / 1.85:1 / Polish Mono / © 1984 Film Polski

The world has been ravaged by nuclear war. The planet is frozen and radiation kills anyone or anything that ventures outside of 'The Dome'. Soft is a shepherd for the last remnants of humanity who have gathered together as they await rescue from a mysterious craft known only as 'The Ark.' He wanders among the masses, performing his regular daily tasks; keeping morale from plummeting, wooing prostitutes, squashing rebellions, and sometimes feeding the hungry. But as the true and sinister nature of 'The Dome' comes to light, Soft must ask himself if humanity is worth saving?

GA-GA: GLORY TO THE HEROES 84 min / 1.66:1 / Polish Mono / © 1985 Film Polski

Scope is a prisoner on a behemoth space station and is chosen, like all his fellow prisoners, to 'volunteer' for the exploration of far-away planets. Landing on planet Australia 458, he is given a hero's welcome with all the sex, booze, and violence that any one man can stomach. But as his new caretakers push him towards even more heinous and deplorable acts, Scope finds that his freedom comes with a high price; his own violent demise, broadcast live for the viewing pleasure of Australia 458's inhabitants. Is there a way out? Or is Scope's fate sealed?

directed by: Piotr Szulkin starring: Marek Walczewski, Krystyna Janda, Roman Wilhelmi, Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Kalina Jedrusik, Daniel Olbrychski, Katarzyna Figura 1979-1985 / 363 min (combined) / 1.66:1 & 1.85:1 / Polish Mono with English subtitles

Additional info: 2-disc Region Free Set: Blu-ray x2 Newly restored by Vinegar Syndrome from existing studio masters Brand new commentary track with film historian and author Samm Deighan for GOLEM Brand new commentary track with film author and critic Michael Brooke for THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: NEXT CENTURY "Actually Existing Dystopia: Politics, Delusion and Language in O-BI, O-BA: THE END OF CIVILIZATION" (17 min) - a video essay by Jonathan Owen "Hard to be a Hero: Piotr Szulkin’s GA-GA: GLORY TO THE HEROES" (21 min) - a video essay by Andrew Nette 40-page perfect bound book with essays by Samm Deighan and Patrick Dahl alongside an archival interview with director Piotr Szulkin Reversible sleeve artwork Newly translated English subtitles

Piotr Szulkin's Apocalypse Tetralogy

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O-bi, o-ba: Koniec cywilizacji (1985) // dir. Piotr Szulkin

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O-BI, O-BA: KONIEC CYWILIZACJI [O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization]

Piotr Szulkin, 1985

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O-bi O-ba The End of Civilization ( O-bi, o-ba. Koniec cywilizacji) / dir. Piotr Szulkin / 1985

I searched O-bi O-ba for a long loong time and came across the exquisite Polish sci-fi just as I forgot about it.

Unique in terms of cinematography and set design, O-bi O-ba is a dark film. It's not easily digestible but it's mesmerizing and expertly crafted. Polish sci-fi films are always great. If you have a chance to watch one, take it!

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O fim do mundo: O Bi, o Ba - O Fim da Civilização (Obi, OBa, the end of civilization, 1985)

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O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization, 1985. dir. Piotr Szulkin

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The Movie Gallery - favorite film posters

.... Curtains (1983) .... Death of the Baby Maker (1991) .... Se7en (1995) .... Soft & Quiet (2022) .... Intregalde (2021) .... Vortex (2021) .... Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) .... The Devil's Backbone .... Jestrabi Moudrost (1989) .... Nocny Gosc (The Body Snatcher) (1989) .... O-Bi O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985) .... Shadow of the Vampire (2000) ....

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O-bi, O-ba: The End of Civilization (1985) d. Piotr Szulkin (poster from Poland)

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Watching

TO-BI, O-BA - THE END OF CIVILIZATION Piotr Szulkin Poland, 1985

[yuruyuncocuklarfilm]

"Ahlak dediğin maymuncuk gibidir. Her kapıyı açar. Ahlaka aykırı niyetleri örten kapıları bile."

O-bi, o-ba. Koniec cywilizacji (O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization) / Polonya, 1984

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8/29

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btw the movie was o-bi, o-ba: the end of civilization and id say its worth watching solely for the fact of being an 80s polish sci-fi existential post-apo

took the mic for the first time at the after movie debate only to start immediately shaking and quoting marx

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O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization

directed by Piotr Szulkin, 1985

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The Ark does not exist and will never arrive.

O-bi, o-ba: Koniec cywilizacji (1985) // dir. Piotr Szulkin