Dekalog 5

I mentioned in the last essay that Episode 5 looks like nothing else in The Dekalog. There are a couple of reasons for this. First, when Kieslowski was finding the funds for The Dekalog, he played a little trick on the Polish arts funding apparatus. He applied through normal government

Dekalog 5 is the most famous episode in the series, in part because Kieslowski expanded upon it in his feature film “A Short Film About Killing.” It’s his most distinctive looking episode, shot in a completely unique high-contrast style that looks nothing like anything else in Kieslowski’s body