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after kies´ lowski i k s Cinema and television studies / Filmmakers w W “This distinguished book brings together an international group of scholars and critics to consider Kies´lowski’s o o d wide influence on contemporary world cinema. Each essay makes a distinctive contribution to this w a investigation, whether considering Kies´lowski’s legacy in the context of national cinemas, his effect on other r o d directors such as Godard, Haneke, or Kiarostami, and his ‘global’ legacy—including surveys of his influence The Legacy of Krzysztof Kies´lowski on such unexpected media as postmodern Hollywood narrative and American television.” —James Morrison, associate professor of literature and film at Claremont McKenna College a l s f t ´ “After Kies´lowski is an important contribution to the study of Krzysztof Kies´lowski, the prematurely deceased e master of European cinemas, and of his legacy. The contributors of this excellent collection of essays r e explore both his Polish and internationally made films in view of the influence that his works, his philosophy, k and his approach to film aesthetics have exerted on film production all over the world long after the i e director’s death.” s —Janina Falkowska, professor of film studies at the University of Western Ontario, Canada ´ i l o k Steven Woodward is associate professor of film and literature at Bishop’s University, Canada. w s k Contributors: John Caruana, Paul Coates, Sarah Cooper, Charles Eidsvik, Georgina Evans, Marek Haltof, i r Joseph G. Kickasola, Renata Murawska, Sean O’Sullivan, Emma Wilson, Steven Woodward e Contemporary Approaches to Film and Television Series On cover: Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi in Heaven (Courtesy of Photofest) t Cover design by Maya Rhodes ISBN 978-0-8143-3326-6 f Wayne State University Press a Detroit, Michigan 48201-1309 9 780814 333266 FnL1 00 0000 Edited by Steven Woodward Woodward Mech.indd 1 1/16/09 11:00:24 AM After Kies´lowski 00 Woodward FM.indd 1 1/16/09 10:32:13 AM Contemporary Approaches to Film and Television Series A complete listing of the books in this series can be found online at wsupress.wayne.edu General Editor Barry Keith Grant Brock University Advisory Editors Patricia B. Erens School of the Art Institute of Chicago Lucy Fischer University of Pittsburgh Caren J. Deming University of Arizona Robert J. Burgoyne Wayne State University Tom Gunning University of Chicago Anna McCarthy New York University Peter X. Feng University of Delaware Lisa Parks University of California–Santa Barbara Jeffrey Sconce Northwestern University 00 Woodward FM.indd 2 1/16/09 10:32:13 AM i k sAfter Kies´lowski wThe Legacy of Krzysztof Kies´lowski o l s ´ e i k r e t f Edited by Steven Woodward a WAynE STATE univErSiTy prESS dETroiT 00 Woodward FM.indd 3 1/16/09 10:32:13 AM © 2009 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission. Manufactured in the United States of America. 13 12 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data After Kieślowski : the legacy of Krzysztof Kieślowski / edited by Steven Woodward. p. cm. — (Contemporary approaches to film and television series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8143-3326-6 EISBN 978-0-8143-3838-4 1. Kieślowski, Krzysztof, 1941–1996—Criticism and interpretation. I. Woodward, Steven, 1964– PN1998.3.K54A38 2009 791.4302’33092—dc22 2008037701 Designed and typeset by Maya Rhodes Composed in Helvetica Neue and Minion Pro 00 Woodward FM.indd 4 1/16/09 10:32:14 AM For Wendy and Jamie 00 Woodward FM.indd 5 1/16/09 10:32:14 AM 00 Woodward FM.indd 6 1/16/09 10:32:14 AM Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction (Steven Woodward) 1 Part I. The Polish Legacy 1. Still Alive: Kieślowski’s Influence on Post-Communist Polish Cinema 19 Marek Haltof 2. Living On: From Kieślowski to Zanussi 34 Sarah Cooper 3. Turning Director: Jerzy Stuhr Does Kieślowski 49 Renata Murawska 4. Form Is the Key, and Lessons in Kieślowski: An Interview with Jerzy Stuhr 66 Renata Murawska Part II. The European Legacy 5. After Kieślowski: Voyages in European Cinema 83 Emma Wilson 6. Social Sense: Krzysztof Kieślowski and Michael Haneke 99 Georgina Evans 7. Just Gaming? Kieślowski’s Blind Chance, Tykwer’s Run Lola Run, and a Note on Heaven 113 Paul Coates 8. The Picture of Marriage: Godard’s Contempt and Kieślowski’s White 127 Steven Woodward vii 00 Woodward FM.indd 7 1/16/09 10:32:14 AM CONTENTS Part III. The Global Legacy 9. Kieślowski’s Visual Legacy 149 Charles Eidsvik 10. Kieślowski Crosses the Atlantic 165 Joseph G. Kickasola 11. Kieślowski and Kiarostami: A Metaphysical Cinema 186 John Caruana 12. The Decalogue and the Remaking of American Television 202 Sean O’Sullivan Contributors 227 Index 231 viii 00 Woodward FM.indd 8 1/16/09 10:32:14 AM Acknowledgments Tracing the global legacy of a filmmaker like Krzysztof Kieślowski would be impossible for a single, isolated critic. As the editor of a volume that has drawn on the much greater expertise of the other ten contributors, I thank every one of them for their very considerable work on this project. Many have contributed personal resources and channeled whatever institutional support they have (the ever-shrinking support for travel, for example) into the book. To take but one example of which I am aware, Renata Murawska flew to Po- land from Australia for the purpose of conducting the interview with Jerzy Stuhr included in this volume. Beyond such considerable concerns of time and money, every one of the contributors has responded with dedication and grace to my editorial queries through what has proved to be a lengthy pro- cess. Barry Keith Grant, general editor of the Contemporary Approaches to Film and Television Series for Wayne State University Press, was very helpful in identifying major weaknesses of the first draft of the manuscript, as were the anonymous expert readers who evaluated it for the press. Annie Martin, acquisitions editor at the press, has been constantly encouraging through the process of editing the book and tireless in responding to my reiterations of the same questions. Many others have helped turn manuscript into book, includ- ing Carrie Downes Teefey, Maya Rhodes, and Beth Ina. For help with illustrations from Polish sources, we thank Małgorzata Cup of Telewizja Polska and Grzegorz Balski of Filmoteka Narodowa. I also thank Krzysztof Piesiewicz’s agent, Nicole Cann, who very kindly provided me with the English translation of Heaven (2002). The cost of indexing the book was defrayed by a generous grant from the Research Committee of my employer, Bishop’s University, for which I am very grateful. Finally, I offer my deepest gratitude to my wife, Wendy Bontinen, on behalf of both myself and the other contributors. She has read through the manuscript many more times than I and has identified weaknesses and incon- sistencies throughout that have simply eluded my calloused eye. ix 00 Woodward FM.indd 9 1/16/09 10:32:14 AM
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