Dekalog 10

The one risk of doing at scene-by-scene analysis of the Dekalog is that it can distract from the atmospheric power of the series. There are elements of Kieslowski’s masterpiece that have nothing to do with individual camera shots or even the stories being told. After awhile, just hearing the

It all comes crashing down for the brothers. Scenes of Jerzy’s surgery are juxtaposed with something else we can’t figure out at first — a bar being pried loose with a blowtorch. Then back to the surgery … and then we see someone petting their large black (apparently fairly docile)

We’ve entered the final weekend of my Dekalog series. This will be a short essay because there’s very little story to tell in this segment, it just moves the plot The brothers meet with the stamp broker. He asks them if they’ve become aware of the Austrian

The brothers are outside sizing up the security issues of their father’s flat, conceiving of bizarre ways people could enter via the balcony and break into the premises. So they think of elaborate new security measure to keep them out. Then it occurs to Jerzy — he’s really enjoying

Before I begin, I want to check back in on that foreign exchange rate that I mentioned in the last essay. The zloty of 1988 was extraordinarily weak — from my research today, I figure that 1000 zloty could buy you an ice cream. So if 1000 zloty is roughly $5,

So the brothers have some expenses — and there is clear interest in this stamp collection. But they aren’t sure exactly what they have their hands on. But they want to preserve at least part of the collection, so Artur suggests that Jerzy give his son a series of three