(aka 'Blind Chance')
Poland 1987
Strikingly modernist and compulsively watchable, European film master Krzysztof
Kieslowski's 1982 Blind Chance has profoundly influenced cinematic storytelling
for nearly two decades. Kieslowski (The Dekalog,
A Short Film About Killing)
blends his trademark passion for character and poetic imagery with a boldly
novelistic narrative conceit. Blind Chance transcendently illuminates the
intersection of fate, coincidence and choice.
Facing an unclear future, Witek, an earnest young Polish medical student,
chooses to put his education on hold. With his head full of the promising and
ominous portents of his new adult life, Witek hurries to catch the last train to
Warsaw. But as he races down the platform, Blind Chance blossoms into three
successive scenarios in which Witek's catching or missing his train spawns three
completely different futures. Whether as an idealistic Communist Party member,
an ambivalent dissident or a devoted healer and husband, the young Pole's
destiny is shaped by the unhappy youth threatening to hobble him, the troubled
present poised to engulf him and, in Kieslowski's words, "the powers that meddle
with our fate."
Through three complex lives, actor Boguslaw Linda portrays Witek with an
effortless magnetism remarkable even for a Kieslowski film. Actor and director's
commitment and vision succeed in creating three entirely different portraits
each as compellingly real as the next. Made on the eve of Communist crackdown in
Poland, Blind Chance was suppressed for nearly seven years.
Theatrical Release: May 1987 - Cannes Film Festival
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DVD Review: Kino Video - Region 0 - NTSC
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| Runtime | 1:53:44 | |||||||||||
| Video | 1.64:1
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Interview with Producer Irena Strzakowska (20:42) |
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Firstly, this film is a true masterpiece and strongly recommended. As with many other offerings from Kino this DVD transfer is non-progressive and exhibits combing in horizontal pans, but frankly this is the only real black mark. Other than that I was very impressed - anamorphic, in and around the correct aspect ratio (1.66), sharp, a little film grain and decent colors, good removable subtitles, original audio and some fabulous extra features including interviews with Strzakowska, Holland and Insdorf. The short "Workshop Exercises" by Marcel Lozinski is another fine addition. I suspect that this entire package has been ported from the existing French MK2 (non English subtitled) releases which Kino does quite frequently (they probably have some arrangement), including the extras - but Kino have thankfully added optional English subtitles. I found no visible proof that they were taken directly from PAL masters although there is evidence now that they are. Initially I thought this was quite expensive, but for what you get supplement-wise, it is quite understandable and if purchased in the Collection Boxset you can see a substantial savings. This is an absolute must-have DVD package and we give it a very high recommendation! |
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Recommended Film reading on Kieslowski (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)
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Kieslowski (Rivages / cinéma) by Vincent Amiel |
The Films of Krzysztof Kieslowski: The Liminal Image by Joseph G. Kickasola |
Double Lives, Second Chances : The Cinema of
Krzysztof Kieslowski by Annette Insdorf |
The Fright of Real Tears: Krzysztof
Kieslowski Between Theory and Post-Theory
by Slavoj Zizek |
The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski :
Variations on Destiny and Chance
by Marek Haltof |
Kieslowski on Kieslowski ed. by Danusia Stok |
Three Colors Trilogy : Blue, White and Red
by Krzystof Kieslowski |
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Film About Killing !
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