Krzysztof Kieslowski: Self
Quotes
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Krzysztof Kieslowski : I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst, always. To me, the future is a black hole. We have talked about fear, if I fear something it's the future. It frightens me.
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Krzysztof Kieslowski : [on his film "Camera Buff"] You can say that the film shows the camera's power and how it can ruin everything dear to the protagonist, his family life, the relationship with his wife, the love for his daughter.
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Krzysztof Kieslowski : I gave an eldrely couple a lift. We drove for a while, talking, the way one does. "Lucky thing it rained yesterday". Then she said: "It doesn't depend on us". She was a typical old woman. "The Lord decides these things. If He wants to it rain, it will rain. If He wants a draught, there will be a draught."
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Krzysztof Kieslowski : [on his documentary Talking Heads] Documentaries deal with people who live real, everyday lives. But if these people trusted us and told us the truth about their lives, it could be used against them - which sometimes happened. The more invisible our tools were, the greater the danger we'd end up, with our cameras and microphones, somewhere we had no right to be, in places where everyone has a right to their privacy and solitude, their joy or pain - in complete peace.
