A Short Film About Killing
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 21 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 11, 2004
- Originally Released: 1988
- Label: Kino Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Miroslaw Baka | |
| Performer: | Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Barbara Dziekan, Aleksander Bednarz, Jerzy Zass, Zdzislaw Tobiasz, Artur Barcis, Krystyna Janda & Olgierd Lukaszewicz | |
| Directed by | Krzysztof Kieslowski | |
| Edited by | Ewa Smal | |
| Screenwriting by | Krzysztof Kieslowski & Krzysztof Piesiewicz | |
| Composition by | Zbigniew Preisner |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Brutal and disgusting, A Short Film About Killing is frequently virtually unwatchable. This is just as Kieslowski intended and it's also a unique, profound and, eventually, a humane achievement.
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Film4
Rating: 5/5 --
Kieslowski, arguably Poland's greatest contemporary director, was a true master of narrative construction, and many of his thoughtful compositions linger long in the memory.
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Radio Times
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City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
The depiction of violence is far removed from the usual camera choreography, and is, in consequence, truly appalling.
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Time Out
While it is almost impossible to conceive of Kieslowski making a bad film, in the Decalogue, and particularly in Killing, style and content were perfectly matched.
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Guardian
Rating: 3.5/4 --
A Short Film About Killing is as grim as a motion picture gets, but the intelligence and insight applied to its themes will keep the viewer riveted despite the pervasive gloom.
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ReelViews
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Devoid of sentimentality, self-satisfaction and subconscious sexiness, A Short Film about Killing has the coolness and rigor of a mathematical proof. Yet few films have cried more passionately and articulately against the cycle of human violence.
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New York Daily News
Product Description:
One of director Krzysztof Kieslowski's greatest achievements, A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING has become both a politically and artistically influential masterpiece. The relatively simple story about a young man, sentenced to death for his murder of a cab driver, makes an important statement about capital punishment and the fine line between victim and murderer. The technical feat undertaken to support the weight of the film's message is astounding, including the use of six hundred different green filters by cinematographer Slavomir Idziak. Kieslowski's final product provides not only a compelling social commentary, but also a benchmark in cinematic technique.
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Product Info
- UPC: 738329034122
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