Dekalog 6

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