Cold War Contexts: Pawlikowski in Film, Television, and European History

Jerry White compares Paweł Pawlikowski's new film Zimna wojna (Cold War, 2018) to Karpo Godina's classic Slovenian film Rdeči boogie ali Kaj ti je deklica (Red Boogie, 1982), discussing the narrative and thematic continuities between the two films in the context of Cold War history and cinema. White also explores Pawlikowski's prior incarnation as a British documentary filmmaker named Paul to suggest a curious evolution; that in returning to his native Poland in his most recent films (Cold War and Ida), Pawlikowski has gone astray, abandoning the authenticity of his early British films such as Last Resort for a muddled romantic vision.