British distributors Curzon/Artificial Eye will release on Blu-ray Krzysztof Kieslowski's
A Short Film About Killing (1988) and
A Short Film About Love (1988). The two releases will be available for purchase on April 9.
A Short Film About Love
Synopsis: Krysztof Kieslowski's
A Short Film About Love was expanded from one of the most lyrical episodes in
Dekalog, his celebrated cycle of short films based on the Ten Commandments.
A young man falls in love with an older woman who lives across the courtyard in the same Warsaw apartment block. He watches her and her succession of lovers until she becomes aware of his spying and confronts him with a sexual invitation. Starring Grazyna Szapolowska and Olaf Lubaszenko.
A Short Film About Killing
Synopsis: Krzystof Kieslowski took several years to complete his mammoth project of filming his
Dekalog, each infused with a very personal motivation and dealing with conflicting opinions relating to the imperfections in both the ancient and modern legal codes.
A Short Film About Killing is based on the Fifth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill, and is a psychological vivisection of the brutal and senseless murder of a taxi driver by a young drifter, with no explanation offered, and no extenuating circumstances given. Kieslowski demonstrates his skill and dexterity as a master of suspense, keeping tensions rising and viewers in knots, producing a searing, powerful moral indictment of capital punishment. Starring Miroslaw Baka and Krzysztof Globisz.