Krzysztof Kieslowski: I'm So-So...


56m 1996

Brief Synopsis

A biographical portrait of celebrated Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski most noted for the following critically acclaimed, award-winning works: his 10-hour long series based on the ten commandments, "Decalogue" (Poland/1988), "The Double Life of Veronique" (Poland/France/1991), and his final ser

Film Details

Also Known As
I'm So-So
Genre
Biography
Documentary
Release Date
1996
Production Company
Danish Broadcasting Corporation
Distribution Company
1ST RUN; First Run Features

Technical Specs

Duration
56m

Synopsis

A biographical portrait of celebrated Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski most noted for the following critically acclaimed, award-winning works: his 10-hour long series based on the ten commandments, "Decalogue" (Poland/1988), "The Double Life of Veronique" (Poland/France/1991), and his final series of works which comprise the trilogy based the Tricolore (liberty, equality and fraternity): "Blue" (France/Poland/Switzerland/1993), "Red" (France/Poland/Switzerland/1994), and "White" (France/Poland/Switzerland/1994). The portrait of the filmmaker shows him to be philosophical, pessimistic, and given to bouts of mysticim. He describes life under cynicism as "bleak, not black and white or grey, just black."

Film Details

Also Known As
I'm So-So
Genre
Biography
Documentary
Release Date
1996
Production Company
Danish Broadcasting Corporation
Distribution Company
1ST RUN; First Run Features

Technical Specs

Duration
56m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1996

Released in United States August 5, 1998

Released in United States October 1996

Released in United States Summer July 5, 1998

Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival June 28 - July 6, 1996.

The biographical documentary "Krzysztof Kieslowski: I'm So-So..." was shot in May 1995, ten months before his death on March 13, 1996; Kieslowski was 54-years-old when he succumbed to a heart attack.

Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival June 28 - July 6, 1996.)

Released in United States Summer July 5, 1998

Released in United States August 5, 1998 (Film Forum; New York City)

Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (European Union Film Showcase) October 17-31, 1996.)