Dekalog 6

In the film that spun off from this episode — “A Short Film About Love” — Magda responds to Tomek’s self harm with a period of self reflection, followed by her own romantic feelings for him. There is a little evidence for this in the episode, enough for the actors to

Magda seems to sense that something is wrong after Tomek doesn’t call. The doorbell rings and she goes to the door. It’s Art Man again, but she says “I’m not here,” and oddly enough, he takes that declaration at face value and we don’t see him

Before I move on to the next scene, I want to take a few steps back to reinforce something in the last two segments of Episode 6 that deserves further elaboration — Kieslowski’s focus on hands. In the course of their date, the encounter in Magda’s apartment and the

A standard trope of American adolescent sex comedies is the virginal male character who eagerly seeks out sexual situations, but once he actually attain it, he’s left clueless how to act. Such situations are commonly diffused with comedy in American films. Kieslowski has this very strange approach to uncomfortable

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

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