Insdorf, Annette Double Lives, Second Chances (0810129485)
Krzysztof Kieslowski (1941 – 1996) is widely recognised as one of the greatest filmmakers of the latter half of the twentieth century. Beginning as a documentarian who took on controversial subjects in communist Poland in the 1960’s and 70’s, Kieslowski gained an international reputation with his later narrative films
The Double Life of Veronique and the
Three Colours trilogy (
Blue, White, and
Red). He also made the
Decalogue, a celebrated series for Polish television.
The first comprehensive analysis of Kieslowski’s entire body of work to be published in English, Annette Insdorf’s book still stands as the best introduction to a uniquely gifted artist.