Kubrick on Kieslowski
I am always reluctant to single out some particular feature of the work
of a major filmmaker because it tends inevitably to simplify and reduce
the work. But in this book of screenplays by Krzysztof Kieslowski and
his co-author, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, it should not be out of place to
observe that they have the very rare ability to dramatize their ideas
rather than just talking about them. By making their points through the
dramatic action of the story they gain the added power of allowing the
audience to discover what's really going on rather than being told.
They do this with such dazzling skill, you never see the ideas coming
and don't realize until much later how profoundly they have reached your
heart.
Stanley Kubrick
The foreword to Kieslowski & Piesiewicz, Decalogue: The
Ten Commandments, London: Faber & Faber, 1991
January 1991