Dekalog and Other TV Works

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The DecaloguePedestrian SubwayShort Working DayFirst LovePersonnelThe Calm
Krzysztof Kie lowski s Dekalog is one of the greatest achievements of the late twentieth century as much an intricate work of moral philosophy as it is a collection of psychologically riveting narratives. Each standalone story revolves around the consequences arising from a breach of one of the Ten Commandments, but this is no finger-wagging religious tract: Kie lowski was one of film history s keenest observers of human nature, and his troubled, vainglorious, self-deceiving, deeply flawed characters (many played by some of Poland s finest character actors) are all too universally recognisable.

Dekalog is merely the highlight of a box set that compiles virtually all of Kie lowski s television work, starting with his first professional short fiction film and continuing with four feature-length pieces that are in every way as probing and incisive as his better-known cinema films.

Technical Specifications

Format: Blu-ray/DVD
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 , 1.37:1 , 1.66:1 , 1.66:1 (Anamorphic) , 1.78:1 , 1.78:1 (Anamorphic)
Audio: Polish 2.0 Dolby Digital Mono , Polish 2.0 PCM Mono
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Subtitles: English
Region: 2/B
Discs: 10 Discs |  DVD-9/BD-50

Supplements

  • 5 early television works: Pedestrian Subway, First Love, Personnel, The Calm, and Short Working Day
  • The Guardian Interview: Krzysztof Kieslowski (93 mins), an onstage conversation with Derek Malcolm at London s National Film Theatre on 2 April 1990 to mark the British premiere of Dekalog
  • Dekalog: An Appreciation (78 mins), in which critic Tony Rayns, a Kieslowski champion for many decades, pays tribute to his masterpiece
  • KKTV (75 mins), Polish cinema expert Michael Brooke explores Kieslowski's small-screen output in the context of his work as a whole
  • 128-page collector s book featuring a lengthy essay onwn intensely self- Dekalog and Kieslowski by Father Marek Lis, plus Krzysztof Kieslowski's ocritical discussion of all the films in this set and Stanley Kubrick's famous eulogy to Kieslowski and co-writer Krzysztof Piesiewicz

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