Dan Conley’s Writing Projects

This segment mirrors my own project more than any other in the series. Magda is intrigued by Tomek and wants to hear from him first hand how he experiences what she does. She also wants to know what he thinks and feels as he observes. I feel that I do

Something I’ve been kicking around lately in my writing is a greater appreciation for older writers and the perspective they share about the second half of life. George Bernard Shaw once said that “youth is the most precious thing in life; It is too bad it has to be

Despite being told to fuck off in the last scene, Tomek is back at the telescope that night. Except this time, Magda is anticipating it. She looks out her window, trying to spot her watcher. She picks up her red phone and holds up the receiver. Tomek calls her. He

Before I get carried away with my judgments about Tomek, I need to apply some Montaigne to this discussion. In numerous essays — most notably “On the Power of the Imagination” – Montaigne notes how little control we have over our bodily reactions, including our autonomic responses to people. So before I

Based on IMDB viewer rankings, episode 6 is the second most popular Dekalog episode. It is rated 8.7 on IMDB, topped only by episode one’s 9.1 rating. Surprisingly, “A Short Film About Love,” the movie that grew out of this episode, only gets an 8.1. Perhaps

The two most famous Dekalog episodes are 5 and 6, because both were later expanded into feature films. Episode 5 became “A Short Film About Killing,” which deepened the complexity of Miroslaw’s story and the morality behind his capital punishment. And episode 6 was transformed into “A Short Film