Dekalog [Criterion Collection] [5 Discs]

Dekalog [Criterion Collection] [4K Rmst DVD] [5 Discs]

Overview

"This masterwork by Krzysztof Kieslowski is one of the twentieth century¿s greatest achievements in visual storytelling. Originally made for Polish television, Dekalog focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Its ten hour-long films, drawing from the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, grapple deftly with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time. Shot by nine different cinematographers, with stirring music by Zbigniew Preisner and compelling performances from established and unknown actors alike, Dekalog arrestingly explores the unknowable forces that shape our lives. Also presented are the longer theatrical versions of the series¿ fifth and sixth films: A Short Film About Killing and A Short Film About Love."

Product Details

Release Date:	09/27/2016
UPC:	0715515185714
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen, Color]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	12:34:00

Special Features

Selection of archival interviews with director Krzysztof Kieslowski, taken from a 1987 television piece on the production of Dekalog: Two, excerpts from the 1995 documentary A Short Film About "Dekalog," and a 1990 audio recording from the National Film Theatre in London ; New program on the formal and thematic patterns of Dekalog by film studies professor Annette Insdorf; New and archival interviews with Dekalog cast and crew, including cowriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz, thirteen actors, three cinematographers, editor Ewa Smal, and Kieslowski confidante Hanna Krall; Trailers