My brief analysis of Dekalog 3. I welcome any and all discussion about the episode in the comments below. Music: Dvorak - Serenade for Strings Op.22 in E Major Larghetto • Video
I like how this episode doesn't portray Ewa as the villainess. Ewa means Eve which is a Biblical figure, the first sinner. We see Ewa spreading lies left and right in order to make Janusz stay with her but at the same time her loneliness, underlined by devastating visit to her aunt (her only family member who is slowly dying), makes us... maybe root for her a little bit or at least make us curious about what she has in her sleeve. I don't know what to make of Ewa and Janusz pairing but I'm glad you pointed out how she lost everything and he didn't lose anything. I guess that difference lies in gender roles in society. Artur Barciś as a tram driver is - this time - basically Death waiting for Janusz and Ewa if he didn't decide to move the car. That's how I saw him for the second time after Episode 1 because I don't think that's the case with Episodes 2 and 4, at the very least, where he pointed the characters towards life. It's possible that Ewa miscalculated and called her husband to catch her with Janusz which makes it even sadder. I'm happy we left her in a little bit of optimistic mood after ending her relation with Janusz - for good? He seems content to return to his family once again. His wife was resigned to the fact that the affair restarted but he assured her that's not the case. I'm disappointed that Joanna Szczepkowska (Janusz's wife) didn't have more to do because she's a very talented actress and couldn't do much here. Distracted Krzysztof looking through the window - so sad... Trivia: Edward - as seen on Ewa's picture - is "played" by Edward Kłosiński, cinematographer of "Decalogue 2" where the main character - Dorota - was portrayed by Krystyna Janda, his wife in real life.
Great walk through. I disagree with you on one thing - I don’t find it depressing. I find it moving that he spends time with Ewa to help her and, at the end, the whole trial re-affirms that he is content where he is in his life. Both characters were in a sort of stasis, now they can truly move on. For Janusz, he probably liked the chaos and drama of the affair, now he realizes he truly does not want that. For Ewa, she had lost faith that she was worthy of love and commitment, but Janusz was willing to go out of his way to help her, indicating she was worthy of time and care.
Thank you for these videos! I recently just got into Kieślowski, someone I put off for far to long, and I love that you've done a videos for each of the Dekalog episodes. I watch them right after I finish an episode.
One can see a lot of the influence on Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" in this film, I believe he was very into Kieslowski too
I like how this episode doesn't portray Ewa as the villainess. Ewa means Eve which is a Biblical figure, the first sinner. We see Ewa spreading lies left and right in order to make Janusz stay with her but at the same time her loneliness, underlined by devastating visit to her aunt (her only family member who is slowly dying), makes us... maybe root for her a little bit or at least make us curious about what she has in her sleeve. I don't know what to make of Ewa and Janusz pairing but I'm glad you pointed out how she lost everything and he didn't lose anything. I guess that difference lies in gender roles in society.
Artur Barciś as a tram driver is - this time - basically Death waiting for Janusz and Ewa if he didn't decide to move the car. That's how I saw him for the second time after Episode 1 because I don't think that's the case with Episodes 2 and 4, at the very least, where he pointed the characters towards life.
It's possible that Ewa miscalculated and called her husband to catch her with Janusz which makes it even sadder. I'm happy we left her in a little bit of optimistic mood after ending her relation with Janusz - for good? He seems content to return to his family once again. His wife was resigned to the fact that the affair restarted but he assured her that's not the case. I'm disappointed that Joanna Szczepkowska (Janusz's wife) didn't have more to do because she's a very talented actress and couldn't do much here.
Distracted Krzysztof looking through the window - so sad...
Trivia: Edward - as seen on Ewa's picture - is "played" by Edward Kłosiński, cinematographer of "Decalogue 2" where the main character - Dorota - was portrayed by Krystyna Janda, his wife in real life.
I love the Drive (2011) references Kieslowski put into this episode, he really had taste
Great walk through. I disagree with you on one thing - I don’t find it depressing. I find it moving that he spends time with Ewa to help her and, at the end, the whole trial re-affirms that he is content where he is in his life. Both characters were in a sort of stasis, now they can truly move on. For Janusz, he probably liked the chaos and drama of the affair, now he realizes he truly does not want that. For Ewa, she had lost faith that she was worthy of love and commitment, but Janusz was willing to go out of his way to help her, indicating she was worthy of time and care.
Thank you for these videos! I recently just got into Kieślowski, someone I put off for far to long, and I love that you've done a videos for each of the Dekalog episodes. I watch them right after I finish an episode.
I've been doing the same
@@andrewrichardson2079 Me too !
Me three
can I know why you felt dekalog 1 and 2 was better than dekalog 3...????
I couldn't get this one in english subtitles. Where can I find all these with Subtitles??
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erm... based department?
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