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“Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult.”

Quote by Krzysztof Kieslowski

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Krzysztof Kieslowski

Krzysztof Kieslowski was a distinguished Polish film director whose works are characterized by profound themes of morality, ethics, and the human condition. His unique visual style and narrative techniques have had a lasting impact on the world of cinema. more

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“For 6,000 years, these rules have been unquestionably right. And yet we break them every day. People feel that something is wrong in life. There is some kind of atmosphere that makes people now turn to other values. They want to contemplate the basic questions of life, and that is probably the real reason for wanting to tell these stories.”

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“The relationship between the films and the individual Commandments [is] a tentative one. The films should be influenced by the individual Commandments to the same degree that the Commandments influence our daily lives.”

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