Out in the boonies, this work by Poznań University of Fine Arts graduate Justyna Zawistowska portrays Poznań's most famous film-loving couple, Maria and Bogdan Kalinowski. The pair, together since 1973, watched over 14,000 films in the city's cinemas, never missing a new release and carefully recording each outing. In 2010, for example, they watched an incredible 563 films - all at cinemas. Very much recognised locally, the avid film-goers even became the subjects of two documentaries: Absolute Record (Rekord absolutny, 1998) and One Day Closer to Cinema (Jeden dzień bliżej kina, 2002). Sadly Bogdan passed away in 2017, and Maria three years later. leaving Maria to continue watching films on her own.
Bogdan and Maria Kalinowski.
Justyna's other works painted on the same building include a sharply-dressed Leia and Vader, the Cookie Monster, and a breakdancing dude. Meanwhile, another mural of the Kalinowskis can be found deep in the courtyard of Plac Wolności 6, near the apartment where the couple lived above Kino Muza.
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