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Foreword by Irene Jacob

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From Library Journal:
With the exception of Kieslowski on Kieslowski (Faber & Faber, 1993), no English-language books about this celebrated Polish director have been published. Insdorf (film studies, Columbia Univ.), who translated for Kieslowski in the United States on many occasions prior to his 1996 death, is just the person to fill this gap. Her study charts Kieslowski's life as a documentarist, television director, and political activist. She begins by introducing readers to his early projects after graduating from the Lodz Film School and then analyzes such landmark works as The Decalog telefilms, The Double Life of Veronique, and the "Three Colors" trilogy. Kieslowski is revealed to be a cinematic poet who crafted light, shadow, and movement into a vision of human fallibility and transcendence. Sympathetic yet critical, intelligent yet accessible, this volume belongs in every research library supporting film studies.
ANeal Baker, Earlham Coll., Richmond, IN

Book Description: Krzysztof Kieslowski, who died in 1996, perfected his art in movies lled with mesmerizing images of beauty and danger. His best-known lms, Blue; White; Red; The Double Life of Veronique; and The Decalogue, remain watershed events in lmmaking history. Author Annette Insdorf, Kieslowskis close friend and translator, offers a revealing portrait of his life and monumental body of work. From the gold-bathed images of The Double Life of Veronique to the emotionally dark, visually haunting Blue, Kieslowskis lms explore personal and social issues with inimitable brilliance. This paperback edition includes an updated introduction with information on the much anticipated release of Heaven (March 2002)which Kieslowski wrote and planned to lm, before he died unexpectedly in March 1996.