A Short Film About Killing
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1988 in Film: Krótki film o zabijaniu (A Short Film About Killing)

A Short Film About Killing opened in Poland in March 1988. Two months later, it played in competition in Cannes, where it won the Jury…

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The Two sides of La Double Vie de Véronique

La Double Vie de Véronique or Podwójne życie Weroniki, as it’s called with an untranslatable pun, was released on this day, 30 years ago. It was the first…

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three colours
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1994 in Film: The Double Couleurs of Krzysztof Kieślowski with ‘White’ and ‘Red’

Blue may be the most popular of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Trois Couleurs trilogy, made during the renowned Polish filmmaker’s final years in France. But the following…

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the double life of veronique
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Festival de Cannes Review: La double vie de Véronique / The Double Life of Véronique (1991)

Prix d’interprétation féminine – Irène Jacob Prix du Jury Œcuménique FIPRESCI Prix In one of the later scenes of Krzysztof Kieślowski‘s dazzling, intoxicating The Double…

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Rewind : 1993 in Film – Three Colors: Blue

Suspended in our minds when we start Three Colors : Blue is the image of a fluorescent blue candy wrapper which is clutched in a…

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Krzysztof Kieślowski: Three Colours, 54 Moments, A Thousand Times Goodbye

As a young screenwriter, impressionable and ambitious, I was capable of soaking up inspiration like a sponge. Beyond the passion for writing and watching and…

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Filmotomy Podcast 63: Krzysztof Kieślowski

It is just Bianca and Robin on this kind of special edition podcast, all about the late, great Krzysztof Kieślowski. As our 10 Days of…

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Bee's Kieślowski Diary: Three Colours: Red

I have finally reached the end of Krzysztof Kieślowski‘s Three Colours Trilogy, and I feel slightly sad to finish it. I feel slightly more sad,…

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Bee's Kieślowski Diary: Three Colours: White

The next stage in the Three Colours trilogy is White, which is about equality. If Blue was an anti-tragedy, then we can best describe White as…

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Bee's Kieślowski Diary: Three Colours: Blue

Do you recall at the start of this year when I happened to mention my New Year’s resolution? Well, Kieślowski’s Three Colours Trilogy was something…

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10 Days of Krzystof Kieślowski: A Short Film About Love

A certain intimacy must be displayed in any given romantic movie. Everything from Before Sunset to Punch-Drunk Love to Casablanca has a closeness that ties…

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Masterpiece Memo: Trois couleurs: Rouge / Trzy kolory: Czerwony / Three Colours: Red (1994), Krzysztof Kieślowski)

Family Plot, Eyes Wide Shut, A Prairie Home Companion, F For Fake, Gertrud, Not Yet, Saraband… Whilst the final films of major directors tend to…

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Bee's Kieślowski Diary: A Short Film about Killing

As you may remember, last year I kept a diary of the Ingmar Bergman films I was watching. I have decided to keep a diary…

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Psychology Of Film Diagnosis: Three Colors Blue

Blue, the first in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colors trilogy, tells the story of a ghost musician, Julie, who is caught in a grieving cycle after…

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