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Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

This documentary chronicles the life of Polish-American artist Stanislav Szukalski (1893-1987) from his early years in Chicago, to his time in Poland and Los Angeles, and his artistic and political contributions to the world.

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Ireneusz Dobrowolski

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documentary, biography

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Appian Way,Norah Films,Film Street,MakeMake

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https://www.netflix.com/title/80109551

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Stanislav Szukalski

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I survived tremendous hardships. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

I survived tremendous hardships.

Opposing thumb created
all the civilizations. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Opposing thumb created all the civilizations.

Commonplace people cannot stand the idea
that he has such importance. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Commonplace people cannot stand the idea that he has such im...

So they dig a hole
between him and themselves. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

So they dig a hole between him and themselves.

Stuffed mattresses on the shoulder
so they look like titans. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Stuffed mattresses on the shoulder so they look like titans.

In whole history of art,
you will not find anything equal to this. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

In whole history of art, you will not find anything equal to...

This a very strong arm.
It's like a weenie, like a sausage. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

This a very strong arm. It's like a weenie, like a saus...

You know
great men come along very seldom - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

You know great men come along very seldom

Anything anybody can do,
Freddie Blassie can do 10 times better - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Anything anybody can do, Freddie Blassie can do 10 times bet...

I was the most renowned sculptor
in America. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

I was the most renowned sculptor in America.

I never was referred to any other way,
except as genius. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

I never was referred to any other way, except as genius.

This hand was more than four times larger
than life-size. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

This hand was more than four times larger than life-size.

But no one knows about it
because I live in Los Angeles. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

But no one knows about it because I live in Los Angeles.

England never had conquerors
who came and invaded. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

England never had conquerors who came and invaded.

Two short legs, long, long torsos,
throwback to yeti. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Two short legs, long, long torsos, throwback to yeti.

So when I was seven
I was carving figurines - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

So when I was seven I was carving figurines

I had about three, four beautiful girls
my own age that I loved. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

I had about three, four beautiful girls my own age that I lo...

Only one way I could be nice to them
was give them little sculptures. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Only one way I could be nice to them was give them little sc...

Mother was saying, "Oh, we must go.
The train will leave without us." - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Mother was saying, "Oh, we must go. The train will leav...

I came with my mother and sister - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

I came with my mother and sister

Because all Europeans are malnutritioned. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Because all Europeans are malnutritioned.

Schools distort our original inclinations
we have as infants. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Schools distort our original inclinations we have as infants...

Then we are modified, made commonplace,
so we think like everybody else. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Then we are modified, made commonplace, so we think like eve...

"Worship from elsewhere." - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

"Worship from elsewhere."

14 thousand years back,
right after the last deluge. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

14 thousand years back, right after the last deluge.

This, I did at Chicago Art Institute. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

This, I did at Chicago Art Institute.

A sculptor advised my father
to send me to Europe. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

A sculptor advised my father to send me to Europe.

So I was sent when I was fourteen. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

So I was sent when I was fourteen.

It was life-size girl nude. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

It was life-size girl nude.

There were one-hundred seventy-one
candidates - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

There were one-hundred seventy-one candidates

Professor says, "Gentlemen, - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Professor says, "Gentlemen,

He says, "You either work form models
or you have to leave the Academy." - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

He says, "You either work form models or you have to le...

Working from model destroys the talent. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Working from model destroys the talent.

If you want to create new things for this world - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

If you want to create new things for this world

When I saw the works of Szulkalski, - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

When I saw the works of Szulkalski,

Art cannot be proper - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Art cannot be proper

I work faster than any sculptor ever could - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

I work faster than any sculptor ever could

I work faster
than any sculptor ever could, - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

I work faster than any sculptor ever could,

I never alter anything,
because I start with an idea. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

I never alter anything, because I start with an idea.

Szukalski was the Michelangelo - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Szukalski was the Michelangelo

And probably, also, of an age to come. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

And probably, also, of an age to come.

Girls liked me with the long hair,
and I relished it. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Girls liked me with the long hair, and I relished it.

After my father was killed
I had no income. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

After my father was killed I had no income.

Whole weeks, sometimes,
where I had nothing to eat. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Whole weeks, sometimes, where I had nothing to eat.

But I never betrayed to my friends
that I was hungry - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

But I never betrayed to my friends that I was hungry

Art critics are parasites
who absolutely know nothing about art. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Art critics are parasites who absolutely know nothing about ...

Parasites have to get
new nations to live off. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Parasites have to get new nations to live off.

Because empire builders never have
enough wisdom to create agriculture. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Because empire builders never have enough wisdom to create a...

And the press constantly had articles
about me. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

And the press constantly had articles about me.

Ben Hecht, when writing about me,
described me as a youth - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Ben Hecht, when writing about me, described me as a youth

There's an Aztec priest
blessing blueprints - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

There's an Aztec priest blessing blueprints

When there's a slight breeze of wind - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

When there's a slight breeze of wind

I proposed university tower
between Mexico and Texas - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

I proposed university tower between Mexico and Texas

And here I have this project
and the monument will be humming. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

And here I have this project and the monument will be hummin...

But I don't know what to do with it - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

But I don't know what to do with it

And it is the sex that brings us
all the abilities we have. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

And it is the sex that brings us all the abilities we have.

Oh, this is just sort of a poetic notion. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Oh, this is just sort of a poetic notion.

Wisdom is given by nature
so my species may survive. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Wisdom is given by nature so my species may survive.

And we bought very large house, - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

And we bought very large house,

In sex she suddenly would burst crying. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

In sex she suddenly would burst crying.

And thought that sex was evil.
And that caused much troubles - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

And thought that sex was evil. And that caused much troubles

Here's a portrait of my wife, - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Here's a portrait of my wife,

Grey horse is jumping, - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Grey horse is jumping,

These works are drawings
on Sasquatch and Bigfoot. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

These works are drawings on Sasquatch and Bigfoot.

Concept make you a great artist. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Concept make you a great artist.

Always remember
that you have something to tell. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Always remember that you have something to tell.

And if you come to me
I'll kiss you on the forehead - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

And if you come to me I'll kiss you on the forehead

The artists
from Jednoróg (Unicorn) artist Guild, - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

The artists from Jednoróg (Unicorn) artist Guild,

At my exhibitions,
I would attack academic education. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

At my exhibitions, I would attack academic education.

Bigoted Catholics, they are enslaved. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Bigoted Catholics, they are enslaved.

Only those who are not religious, - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Only those who are not religious,

I had been exhibiting - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

I had been exhibiting

At my exhibition, the young students came - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

At my exhibition, the young students came

Now, we have agreed
that we are on the side of Szukalski." - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Now, we have agreed that we are on the side of Szukalski.&qu...

Do things only that you love or hate
in your heart. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Do things only that you love or hate in your heart.

At the request of the Master, as these
young people - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

At the request of the Master, as these young people

Szukalski was unfortunately a creator
very similar to Leonardo da Vinci. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Szukalski was unfortunately a creator very similar to Leonar...

His followers tried to do it,
with better or worse results. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

His followers tried to do it, with better or worse results.

Because you needed to have an imagination
as Szukalski did. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Because you needed to have an imagination as Szukalski did.

He would sit down and imagine an object,
instead of drawing from plaster or nature. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

He would sit down and imagine an object, instead of drawing ...

I always imagine the things I'm
going to do in every detail. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

I always imagine the things I'm going to do in every de...

Rotating it in his mind,
side to side, top to bottom, - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Rotating it in his mind, side to side, top to bottom,

And then he would take a sharp pencil - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

And then he would take a sharp pencil

And that Second Poland would need
a new coat of arms. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

And that Second Poland would need a new coat of arms.

Here, I have Polish eagle,
reduced to double-bladed axe, - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Here, I have Polish eagle, reduced to double-bladed axe,

Newspapers reported in Kraców,
that I am returning to America, - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Newspapers reported in Kraców, that I am returning to Americ...

I call him Pic Asshole - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

I call him Pic Asshole

The ultimate castrated failure. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

The ultimate castrated failure.

You create art with capital F.
You fart, you don't get art. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

You create art with capital F. You fart, you don't get ...

As an American you have no cause. - Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

As an American you have no cause.

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This documentary chronicles the life of Polish-American artist Stanislav Szukalski (1893-1987) from his early years in Chicago, to his time in Poland and Los Angeles, and his artistic and political contributions to the world.

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Director: Ireneusz Dobrowolski

Writer: Stephen Cooper, Ireneusz Dobrowolski

Production: Appian Way,Norah Films,Film Street,MakeMake

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 Dec 2018

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/80109551

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