“The Adventures of a Good Citizen” 1937
Short movie by Franiszka and her husband Stefan Themerson. The only movie that survived IIWW and one of their last movies made in Poland. It’s about one of the clerks repeating the sentence “The sky won’t fall in if you start walking backwards” after hearing it through the phone. He commanded others to walk backwards and started practising himself. It forced others to protest against it since it was irrational. This experimental movie reflects on polish mentality and what could happen to someone who break the system. Music was composed by Stefan Kisielewski who was also a writer, publicist and a politician. His style was rooted in French neoclassicism and he changed classical style adding parody play which add a humorous touch to his work.