Expanded from an episode in Kieslowski's 10-part "Dekalog" TV series (from the Ten Commandments), A Short Film About Killing is a powerful rebuke to a world that fights violence through ritualized capital punishment, but still dramatizes, sensationalizes and perpetuates it. The film's powerful...More
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life. One: he catches the train, meets an honest Communist and himself becomes a Party activist. Two: while running for the train he bumps into a railway guard, is...More