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Kieslowski on the Internet

There are hundreds of Web pages on Kieslowski and his films, though unfortunately I can only read those in English or Chinese. Occasionally I use online translater to read pages in other languages.

A lot of Kieslowski Web pages in English have become inactive in recent years. However, the number of Kiwslowski Web pages in Chinese is rising rapidly.

Sites Dedicated to Kieslowski

IMDb has an extremely useful page on Krzysztof Kieslowski.

Rotten Tomatoes

Polish Culture profile: Krzysztof Kieslowski

A comprehensive Wikipedia entry on Kieslowski.

Kino Kieslowski (previously known as Cine Kieslowski) has long been the most active K-site on the Net. Nevertheless, activity has dropped substantially since mid-2004.

Weronika's World is one of the few Kieslowski sites that are still active these days. According to Alexandre Fabbri, "Weronika's World was created to look at the kind of questions that Kieslowski was asking in his films." His blog.

Despite not being updated anymore, Krzysztof Kieslowski and His Films by Zbigniew Pasek is still a resourceful site on Kieslowski.

Kieslowski Web Network has a collection of relevant links. However, most of the links are dead.

A Tribute to Krzysztof Kieslowski, by Jae-Yeon Jung, is available in English and Korean.

Some other sites on Kieslowski:

Krzysztof Kieslowski (Sharon Ben-Arie)
Krzysztof Kieslowski (Doug Cummings, Senses of Cinema)
Krzysztof Kieslowski (Musicolog)
A Short Website About Kieslowski

May be you would like to attend a Masterclass on Kieslowski by Channel 4 Film or Strictly Film School on Krzysztof Kieslowski by Acquarello.

The official MK2 website for the release of the Three Colours Trilogy DVDs has information on Kieslowski, in French.

Finally, you must go to Remembering Krzysztof, by Piotr Jaxa for photos of Kieslowski from an excellent photographer.

Kieslowski Gallery.

Although not a Kieslowski site per se, Zbigniew Preisner is worth visiting for Kieslowski-related material

IrenKa, the Double Glance is in French and akward to navigate, but it has a wealth of up-to-date information on Kieslowski (and Irene Jacob, and The Double Life of Veronique).

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Articles on Kieslowski and His Films

Memory and Survival: The French Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski by Emma Wilson. Contents and author's preface are downloadable as a pdf file.

Reading Three Colours: Blue (Richard Rushton, 10/2002)

"The World is Watching: Video as Multinational Aesthetics 1967-1995" by Dennis Redmond:

Chapter 4: Krzysztof Kieslowski's Eurovideo
Chapter 5: Velvet Television

Kieslowski's "Three Colors" (Jonathan Kiefer, salon.com, 10/6/2002).

P.O.V. (No.13 March 2002) on Kieslowski's 1976 short film The Office:

A visual Kafka in Poland (Ib Bondebjerg)
Kieslowski's Grey (Laurence Green)

An interview of Agnieszka Holland: Recalling Her Friend And Colleague, Kryzsztof Kieslowski (Barnes and Noble, 11/7/2000)