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BLIND CHANCE
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This film from the mind behind The Decalogue presents three different biographies of a man's life, using the "what if" formula. Kieslowski perfectly parallels the possible career changes the man could have chosen at the turning point in his life - a physician, a dissident and a party activist - with the political and social conditions of contemporary Poland. A brave, probing film. In Polish with English subtitles. Krzysztof Kieslowski---Poland---1982---114 mins.
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BLUE (KIESLOWSKI)
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Juliette Binoche won the Cesar Award and the Venice Film Festival Award as Best Actress for her role in the first film of Kieslowski's acclaimed Three Colors trilogy. She plays a woman who becomes entangled in a mysterious web of passion and lies after she digs into the past life of her recently and unexpectedly deceased husband. "...the film's grasp of the fluctuations of moment-to-moment experience, including consciousness itself, is extraordinary, and Binoche's powerful performance never falters" (Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader). In French with English subtitles. Krzysztof Kieslowski---France/Switzerland/Poland---1993---98 mins.
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CAMERA BUFF
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In Communist Poland, a young father with a movie camera begins to pose a threat when his initial interest in filmmaking is superceded. He intended to photograph his newborn daughter, but suddenly, this newly formed shutterbug is filming everything in sight, including things the authorities would rather not have exposed. One of the key works of modern Polish cinema. In Polish with English subtitles. Krzysztof Kieslowski---Poland---1979---112 mins.
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DECALOGUE, THE
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Krzysztof Kieslowski explores the timeless moral issues of human existence through ten contemporary tales, each based on one of the Ten Commandments.
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DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE
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Two remarkably similar women, in Warsaw and Paris, are acutely aware of each other's existence in this film about the linkage of souls. Veronika is a Polish music student with a beautiful voice and a heart condition. Veronique is a French school teacher paralyzed by doubt. Both roles are played by the beautiful Irene Jacob. Slawomir Idziak's cinematography and Zbigniew Preisner's score are alternately haunting and unforgettable. In Polish and Krzysztof Kieslowski---Poland/France---1991---97 mins.
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DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE, THE (IMPORT)
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In Kieslowski's singular film, Irene Jacob plays two women--one in Warsaw, one in Paris--who are acutely aware of each other's existence. (NTSC copy available from Criterion.)
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KRZYSTOF KIESLOWSKI (IMPORT)
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Produced with great care by Polish Audiovisual Publishers, this collection of 12 nonfiction shorts from filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski includes: From the City of Lodz (1969, 17 mins.); I Was a Soldier (1970, 16 mins.); Refrain (1972, 10 mins.); Bricklayer (1973, 16 mins.); X-Ray (1974, 13 mins.); Curriculum Vitae (1975, 29 mins.); Slate (1976, 5 mins.); First Love (1974, 52 mins.); Hospital (1976, 20 mins.); From a Night Porter's Point of View (1977, 16 mins.); Seven Women of Different Ages (1978, 15 mins.); and Talking Heads (1980, 14 mins.). In Polish with optional English and French subtitles. Krzysztof Kieslowski---Poland---1969-1980---240 mins.
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KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI COLLECTIO
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Six superlative works from the internationally acclaimed Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski (The Decalogue). Includes Kieslowski's narrative debut, The Scar (1976, 112 mins.), a dramatic film about an earnest Communist Party member who's thrown into the center of a complicated political battle. Jerzy Stuhr stars in Camera Buff (1979, 112 mins.), a biting political satire about a factory worker's fascination with an 8mm movie camera. The man's curious obsession leads to consequences both comedic and tragic. No End (1985, 109 mins.) is a sublime blend of thematic elements both political and spiritual. The film tells the story of a young widow who expresses her love for her dead husband by taking up the cause of striking workers. Blind Chance (1987, 122 mins.) is a narrative essay on chance and destiny about a middle-aged man who's allowed to sample three distinct outcomes that hinge upon whether he catches or misses a speeding train. A Short Film About Killing (1988, 84 mins.) and A Short Film About Love (1988, 86 mins.) are masterful feature-length spin-offs of episodes from The Decalogue. The former won the European Film Academy Award for "Best Krzysztof Kieslowski---Poland---1976-1988---625 mins.
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NO END
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The film's hero, a young libertarian lawyer, dies four days before the film begins, leaving the case of a worker arrested for organizing a strike unresolved. His widow gets involved in the trial while trying to overcome her husband's death but there seems to be no end to his pervasive influence. Krzysztof Kieslowski's powerful portrait of life under martial law in Poland is a film "burning with a passionate engagement with the system" (Time Out). With Maria Pakulnis, Aleksander Bardini and Artur Barcis. In Polish Krzysztof Kieslowski---Poland---1984---103 mins.
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RED (KIESLOWSKI)
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Kieslowski's striking conclusion of his Three Colors trilogy stars Irene Jacob and Jean-Louis Trintignant, and was shot by Piotr Sobocinski (Ransom).
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SCAR (KIESLOWSKI)
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Kieslowski's first theatrically-released film examines the human side of the Communist Party's decision to build a chemical plant in a small Polish town. Bednarz, an honest Party man, is put in charge of the construction, which is to take place in his hometown. Convinced that the project will have a positive impact on the people, Bednarz is surprised to find the town in total opposition. In Polish with English subtitles. Krzysztof Kieslowski---Poland---1976---101 mins.
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SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING
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Krzysztof Kieslowski took the fifth episode from his epic Decalogue series and expounded upon its "Thou shalt not kill" theme to create a dark, haunting human drama. A young lawyer must grapple with the random murder committed by his client, as well as the looming death sentence imposed by the courts. Stars Miroslaw Baka and Krzysztof Globisz, with cinematography by Slawomir Idziak. "Grips like a vice from the opening frame and never lets go" (Time Out). In Polish with English subtitles. Krzysztof Kieslowski---Poland---1988---84 mins.
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SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE
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Kieslowski extended and restructured the sixth episode from his Decalogue series into this moving full-length feature. A postal worker becomes obsessed with an older promiscuous neighbor and attempts suicide when she reveals her motive to be physical pleasure and not love. As he recovers, she begins to feel differently about him. Stars Olaf Lubaszenko and Grazyna Szapolowska, with cinematography by Witold Adamek. In Polish with English subtitles. Krzysztof Kieslowski---Poland---1988---86 mins.
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THREE COLORS TRILOGY, THE (CRITERION)
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Krzysztof Kieslowski's superb cinematic representations of the three colors of the French flag--Blue, White, and Red--are collected in an impressive 4-DVD set. These equally beautiful, somber, sexy, and humorous explorations of liberty, equality, and fraternity have garnered numerous honors, including Best Actress for Juliette Binoche at Venice.
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WHITE (KIESLOWSKI)
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The second part of Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy (based on the concepts of the French tri-color flag) is also the wittiest of the three. Zbigniew Zamachowski stars as a Polish man whose life disintegrates when his new French bride (Julie Delpy) deserts him after only six months. Forced to begin anew, he returns to Poland and plans a clever scheme of revenge against her. "...a playful riposte to the earnestness of Blue...Here, 'equality' is a matter of comeuppance" (Jonathan Kiefer, Salon.com). In French an d Polish with English subtitles. Krzysztof Kieslowski---France/Switzerland/Poland---1994---92 mins.
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