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Kieslowski on Kieslowski

Kieslowski on Kieslowski

by Danusia Stok (Editor)

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    Paperback 1994

    $15.91
Synopsis

Decalogue, The Double Life of Veronique and his trilogy, Three Colours, earned Kieslowski his reputation as a world-class film-maker. Kieslowski was notoriously reticent, and even dismissive of his work and talent, but these frank and detailed discussions show a passion for film-making and a career which was often threatened by political and economic change within Poland. In the book he talks at length about his life: his childhood, disrupted by Hitler and Stalin; his four attempts to get into film school; and what Poland and its future meant to him at the time of writing, before his death in 1996.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Danusia Stok
Published: 11 Jul 1994
ISBN 10: 0571173284
ISBN 13: 9780571173280

Media Reviews
Kieslowski is frequently cryptic in his responses to journalists, refusing to respond to questions about the meaning of a particular film. But in [this] fascinating new book, he reveals a little more of himself, and while his pessimism sometimes surfaces in odd, self-deprecating ways, the artist's warmth trickles through, too . . . Throughout the book, Kieslowski's practical observations about filmmaking suggest a concern for young filmmakers, an acute mind, a somewhat sad disposition, and a profound skepticism that nevertheless cracks open in the face of art, revealing a man capable of brilliant insight and poetic vision . . . An engrossing read for film buffs, students, or anyone interested in the cultural history of Eastern Europe. -- -- Stok has done a fine job of translating Kieslowski's Polish into idiomatic English without losing his personal tone of voice. -- Sight & Sound