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) (1988) is a Polish film series, originally made as a television miniseries, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, each of which represents one of the Ten Commandments and explores possible meanings of the commandment—often ambiguous or contradictory—within a fictional story set in modern Poland. The series is Kieślowski's most acclaimed work and has won numerous international awards, though it was not widely released outside Europe until the late 1990s. Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick described it as the only masterpiece he could name in his lifetime.[citation needed] Though each film is independent, most of them share the same setting (a large housing project in Warsaw) and some of the characters are acquainted with each other. There is also a nameless character (Artur Barciś), possibly supernatural, who observes the main characters at key moments but never intervenes. The large cast includes both famous actors and unknowns, many of whom Kieślowski also used in other films. Typically for Kieślowski, the tone of most of the films is meditative and melancholy, except for the last one, which (like Three Colors: White, which features two of the same actors) is a black comedy.
The series was conceived when Piesiewicz, who had seen a 15th-century artwork illustrating the commandments in scenes from that time period, suggested the idea of a modern equivalent. Kieślowski, though an agnostic, was interested in the philosophical challenge and also wanted to use the series as a portrait of the hardships of Polish society, while deliberately avoiding the political issues he had depicted in earlier films. He originally meant to hire ten different directors, but decided to direct the films himself, though using a different cinematographer for each.
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First of all, the bolded part is really interesting. Someone who doesn't even fully believe in God making something like this is great.
I've only seen the first episode (just watched it) and I'm completely floored. The opening of it almost made me cry and nothing happened! The music that plays at the beginning and the end is incredible and I'm trying to download it so I can listen to it some more. The cinematography is beautiful and tragic at the same time. I did know what was going to happen after about half an hour but it didn't lessen the impact at all. Could go on but I don't want to spoil anything.
I can't wait to watch the next 9 episodes. I recommend this really really strongly to anybody but especially to religious people. Like AJ. AJ, find this and watch it right NOW!
I don't know what kind of replies this will get, if any, but I'll probably keep chiming in to talk about each episode as I watch them.
03-22-08, 01:58 PM
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