A Short Film About Decalogue: An Interview with Krzysztof Kieslowski

00:00:01 Krzysztof Kieslowski, recently nominated for an Oscar for 'Red', the final part of his 'Three Colors' trilogy, was virtually unknown in western Europe and America only six years ago.

00:04:32 The basic things of life become problems.

00:06:11 Nothing really happened, it was invented.

00:07:45 and the tears are glycerin-induced...

00:09:33 Or did using different cameramen influence the visual style?

00:11:02 Because, at least for me, the actual job of directing is very boring.

00:12:42 It was more a feeling they had amongst themselves.

00:14:13 the storytelling, but in my scripts I hardy ever use the word 'camera'.

00:15:49 We tried to transfer some of the rules of a series onto the cycle...

00:17:23 the buildings are positioned in such a way...

00:19:37 whether or not I'm Polish. Of course I'm Polish.

00:21:17 Polish or not, is not the issue. If the money is Polish, it's Polish...

00:24:38 what's right and wrong. But I believe everyone has a barometer inside...

00:26:30 She stays with one, but bears the child of the other.

00:28:15 deal with that longing for freedom. Not political freedom...

00:30:08 As revenge for not doing something he asked. To bet on a horse, or something.

00:34:20 Isn't it more like fate than chance?

00:36:01 while in my other films, chance is not the main issue.

00:38:20 to create a universal work, easily understood by a Western audience.

00:40:01 Nine years ago. So, in short, if you exclude this...

00:41:44 They face problems that everybody faces regardless of where they are.

00:43:40 or Commandments, in this case.

00:45:25 If a man knows what he should do, why does he do something else?

01:09:09 examine the universal messages offered by 'Dekalog', as well as its idiosyncrasies.