Krzysztof Kieslowski
Noah’s Barks pages relating to movie/film director Krzysztof Kieslowski.
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The Double Life of Veronique
The Double Life of Veronique explores a question as old as the night’s stars: are we ever alone in thinking our thoughts? (read more)
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A Short Film About Killing
A Short Film About Killing (ASFAK) has Kieslowski blossom into the ethereal directing style that would define his beautiful humanism. For the first time we see a distinct focus on color and music. ASFAK chooses bronze, as a dystopian, somber, golden sunset is cast over the final days of its characters. Though made with an… (read more)
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A Short Film About Love
A Short Film About Love contains much of Kieslowski’s human compassion and interest in fatalism. I find the story’s resolution to be disappointingly trite, as the display of a man driven mad by his inability to express his obsession is far more interesting than an idealistic, bogus love story from a deviant’s perspective. I really… (read more)
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The Office
Kieślowski captures accurately the experience of dealing with the cold, dreary government bureaucracy. Which means The Office, a five-minute short film, is every bit as painful to watch as it is to go through the machine. Just as I wish to never deal with bureaucracy, I wish to never see this short again. No more,… (read more)
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Tramway
It’s charming to see that Kieślowski is still himself in his first film. Yet again a simple but poignant observation of ordinary people’s lives taking sudden major turns. It’s a story that’s happened to everyone. Still, though it may be Kieślowski, there’s nothing really special about Tramway. I hope Jerzy Braszka eventually plucked that unibrow.… (read more)
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Talking Heads
Kieslowski has no need for fictional characters when real people are more interesting. You could say it’s one of his mottos. Talking Heads is a demonstration of that, a series of interviews sorted chronologically by age with 100 different people. The generation transitions in this documentary happen too quickly with very little youth featured, which… (read more)
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No End
No End is both expected and peculiar in Kieslowski‘s oeuvre, as it contains both a humanistic drama and a legal/political one, but these two stories are separate and merely intertwine with a set of linked characters. One half displays the struggle of a woman grieving over her dead husband, while in the other a lawyer… (read more)
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Camera Buff
Camera Buff (AKA Ametor) is a semi-autobiographical drama made by a filmmaker for a filmmaker. I am not a filmmaker and have no interest in becoming one, but I was still thoroughly engaged despite not connecting to Camera Buff on a personal level like Kieslowski’s others. Anyway, the perv-stached Jerzy Stuhr portrays Kieslowski’s own struggles… (read more)
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Three Colors: Red
I try to share my thoughts on every movie I watch, but Three Colors: Red has me tongue-tied trying to express how I feel. As I watched what first seems to be another lovely human drama in this great trilogy, my mind eventually began to unravel when I realized the metanarrative Kieslowski was going for… (read more)
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Three Colors: White
Lacks the humanistic drama that made Three Colors: Blue so affecting, but Three Colors: White succeeds in its own special way with its unique sense of comedy. Thanks to the 90-minute runtime, the storyline never develops at a dull pace, but on the flipside, Karol doesn’t feel fully explored as a character. Still, the great… (read more)