Joachim’s Dictionary France 1965 - Friends of Walerian Borowczyk
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Joachim’s Dictionary
France 1965

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Short films
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France 1965, “Le dictionnaire de Joachim” (original title) 9 min, colour, no dialogues dir Walerian Borowczyk sc Walerian Borowczyk cam Constantin Tchikine ed Catherine Kelber mus Bernard Parmegiani prod Dominique Duvergé pc Pantaléon Films sales Fiends’s of Walerian Borowczyk: Dominique Duvergé-Ségrétin aw Oberhausen IFF 1966: FIPRESCI Prize, Locarno IFF 1966 : Honorable Mention, Bergamo IFF1966: Special Mention

Based on a sparse, singular design by Laurence Demaria (Ligia Borowczyk), Joachim defines twenty six words each beginning with a different letter from the alphabet. As with, Grandma’s Encyclopaedia, Borowczyk offers a succession of visual definitions which suggest a doomed attempt at mastering the absurdities of the world. Frequently hilarious, Joachim’s Dictionary is Borowczyk at his most anarchic.