Krzysztof Kieslowski
Polish · 1941–1996
Polish filmmaker whose Dekalog and Three Colors trilogy examined moral dilemmas and the invisible threads connecting human lives with quiet, devastating power.
Wikipedia ↗“I'm interested in what's inside people. I want to photograph what can't be photographed — what's between people, what it means when they look at each other.”
English
“I'm always looking for a way to show something that's invisible.”
English
“I found out early on that the camera doesn't like big things. It likes small things, intimate things.”
Polish
“I found out early on that the camera doesn't like big things. It likes small things, intimate things. These small human details, which reveal so much more than dramatic events — a look, a hand movement, the way someone touches a cup — these are what interest me.”
“I've done a certain number of things in my life and I've done them the way I felt I should.”
Polish
“I've done a certain number of things in my life and I've done them the way I felt I should. I don't know whether they're good or bad. I do know that I couldn't have done them differently.”