The Director's Chair - Krzysztof Kieslowski

With a shrewd story-telling talent Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski expanded from socially-conscious political documentaries to a cinema exploring the breadth of emotional disillusionment, desire and co-existence. Episodes of chance, paradoxical circumstance and mysterious interconnectivities figure prominently in his signature style. Loosely basing his work in thematic representations of the ten commandments, the nationalistic symbology of "Le drapeau tricolore" or simply satire on communist propaganda, Kieslowski's film language encourages metaphysical celebrations of intuition and the power of fatalism with his use of specific camera framing and movement, extended pauses and precise use of musical interludes. Frequently recognized as the major cinema presence of the 90's his relatively small oeuvre has developed a flourishing niche of enthusiastic academia and devoted cineastes.