Dan Conley’s Writing Projects

I neglected to mention a couple details in my last scene recap. Before Dorota meets the office clerk at her front door to receive her husband’s sick pay, she systematically destroys a plant. She does this by snapping up all of the large leaves, one at a time, and

Dorota is facing a moral dilemma. Remember, however, that this episode isn’t about adultery or killing, it’s about making false witness. (Again, we have no definitive word on this either, it could be about graven images.) So, perhaps, the crucial moral choice in this episode is not hers.

Dorota’s statement about running over the doctor rings into this new scene. Even though The Dekalog is a deeply moral project, the people within it are almost never evil or aggressive. With the exception of Episode 5, and even then the morality is far from black and white, everyone

As we return to the Dekalog, the first thing we notice is that we are at the same apartment complex where the first episode took place. We see a couple wheeling a covered cart — it’s impossible to tell who or what is in the cart. We also notice by

The most haunting image of Dekalog one is the line “I am ready _” made complete with the blinking cursor. Who is ready? I am sure that Kieslowski has discussed this ending in an interview with someone, but before I venture to explore that, I want to express a possibility, something

Kryzsztof approaches the pond, but he is still looking for Pawel. He has taken a walkie-talkie and tries to connect with Pawel that way. He gets no response. We hear helicopters in the distance ... he is still avoiding the dread. It is very human to avoid the dread. People put