Movie Director:Krzysztof Kieslowski

[P.J. Craven]

Watch this man's work with someone you love.

[P.J. Craven]

I'm embarrassed to report that I don't quite understand what exactly went down in The Double Life of Veronique. I didn't watch it in one sitting, and when I did watch it, it was very late at night. This might have something to do with my missing something...

[P.J. Craven]

I wish I could see The Decalogue again for the first time. The Three Colors movies are good, too, but I want to relive seeing all those Decalogue episodes not knowing what is to come.

[sulfur)addict]

What kind of asshole votes crap on Kieslowski? For being Christian, nonetheless?

Jeez, as if Bresson weren't Catholic?

Only seen three of his films, but NC, easy.

[P.J. Craven]

What kind of asshole votes crap on Kieslowski? For being Christian, nonetheless?

Jeez, as if Bresson weren't Catholic?

Only seen three of his films, but NC, easy.

Actually, Bresson called himself "a Christian atheist."

[sulfur)addict]

What kind of asshole votes crap on Kieslowski? For being Christian, nonetheless?

Jeez, as if Bresson weren't Catholic?

Only seen three of his films, but NC, easy.

Actually, Bresson called himself "a Christian atheist."

I find this pretty cool. It also explains a little. However, I maintain that Au Hazard Balthazar is as Catholic as cinema gets. Probably in the same way as the first half of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

Nitpicking aside, hating something solely because the artist is Christian is CRAP. Flannery O'Connor wipes the floor with Sam Harris. And Kieslowski and Bresson are both masters of cinema. So yeah, I retain my NC vote.

[P.J. Craven]

Was Kieslowski a believer in God? I have no idea.

[emmanuelle cunt]

Was Kieslowski a believer in God? I have no idea.

That's news to me, too, so I did a quick research*: He was a believer in a supreme force who was smart enough to know that his belief has nothing to do with the existence of such a force. The most direct quote I found (my own word-by-word on the fly translation):

As a child I found the idea of God as a very moving and purifying one, I suppose the naivety was the source of that, the naivety of the 6 or 8 year old child I was back then. And honestly speaking this naivety is a good thing, as it allows one to be close to something one believes in without any additional thoughts or obligations, this is why there so many people who are happy because they believe in God. <cut in the interview>. It <God> has to be some sort of reference point, it has to be something we can refer to, something which is an ultimate criterion of everything we do. If there is a God, he is probably something like that

*this sounds way better than 'I googled that', no?