Polish - Director | June 27, 1941 - March 13, 1996
For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you.
Krzysztof Kieslowski
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Different people in different parts of the world can be thinking the same thoughts at the same time. It's an obsession of mine: that different people in different places are thinking the same thing but for different reasons. I try to make films which connect people.
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I have no problem being with people of different nationalities.
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Someone knocks at the door of an apartment to borrow salt or sugar, people run into each other in the elevator, and in this way become inscribed in the spectator's memory.
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We're always looking at this love through the eyes of the person who is suffering because of this love.
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Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?
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To tell you the truth, in my work, love is always in opposition to the elements. It creates dilemmas. It brings in suffering. We can't live with it, and we can't live without it. You'll rarely find a happy ending in my work.
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I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas.
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Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one.
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I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole.
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I was happy when I got into film school. I'd simply satisfied my ambition to show them that I could get in - nothing else - although I do believe they shouldn't have accepted me. I was a complete idiot. I can't understand why they took me. Probably because I'd tried three times.
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If I have a goal, then it is to escape from this literalism. I'll never achieve it; in the same way that I'll never manage to describe what really dwells within my character, although I keep on trying.
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