In "Faust" Królikiewicz achieved that higher unity style I wrote about earlier. What is more - he achieved that trough employing various styles, often seemingly contradictory. He managed to reconcile discipline with freedom - a rare skill indeed.
A major problem was to capture this continuos magic tension, the great anxiety and dissatisfaction, and Faust's hunger for life, as well as his longing for the Absolute
a film critic about "Faust"
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