Double Lives, Second Chances: The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski

by Annette Insdorf

Book Overview

An indispensable guide to the life and work of one of the greatest filmmakersof all time. Photos. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786884746
• ISBN13: 9780786884742
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Double Lives, Second Chances.

Kieslowski changed my life. I watched RED first, then WHITE and Finally BLUE. I've never watched anything that moved me so. So much better than anything that comes out of Hollywood( except for the occasional Shawshank). Ann Insdorf does a great job narrating the DVD--in the 'extras' section of the trilogy. Based on her performance, I bought 'Double Lives'. I enjoyed her personal observations of the master at work. I loved her book. My only complaint is I wanted more analysis of the Trilogy(and the Decalogue). But she gives a fantastic job on the Trilogy DVD set. She's a true scholar of the sage.

Blue White Red

I have been an enormous follower and keeper of Kieslowki's work since a fateful afternoon when I stumbled upon a showing of "Blue" several years ago. This of course came to a bittersweet juncture when K died in 1997. Regardless, this book accurately captures the the development of this extraordinary director... and writer. Insdorff presented some interesting insights in her writing amidst some oversights: the car in Blue was a Puegeott, not BMW, and no mentioning of "Blue's" Julie's accident interruption in court in "White". Although Kieslowki's beginnings and earlier works like his string of documentaries and "Decalogue" are crutcial to his foundation as an outstandingly brilliant director as showcased in the Three Colors trilogy, I wished more expoundment was made on the his final three works which is truly poetry in images.