The Cinema of Krzysztof Kie?lowski: Variations on Destiny and ChanceColumbia University Press, 2004 - 191 pages Since his death in 1996, Krzysztof Kieslowski has remained the best-known contemporary Polish filmmaker and one of the most popular and respected European directors, internationally renowned for his ambitious Decalogue and Three Colors trilogy. In this new addition to the Directors'Cuts series, Marek Haltof provides a comprehensive study of Kieslowski's cinema, discussing industrial practices in Poland and stressing that the director did not fit the traditional image of a "great" East-Central European auteur. He draws a fascinating portrait of the stridently independent director's work, noting that Kieslowski was not afraid to express unpopular views in film or in life. Haltof also shows how the director's work remains unique in the context of Polish documentary and narrative cinema. |
Contents
Kieślowski and Polish Cinema in the 1970s and | 24 |
Choices Chances and Politics | 53 |
Entomological Observations and Metaphysics in Decalogue | 75 |
European Art Film and the | 108 |
Afterword | 149 |
Filmography | 166 |
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