A Short Film About Killing / Krótki film o zabijaniu (1988) :
Brief Review -
A Strong Film made on Weak Base. Krzysztof Kieslowski's Crime Drama doesn't find Commensurability. A Short Film About Killing is one of the most acclaimed crime drama of late 80s and it even won accolades in Cannes and European Film Awards but i wonder WHY? Talk about any crime film where there is murder committed and think about what could be the reasons for it. Generally we expect a strong or at least decent reason to make that Murder look fair from the murderer's point of view, right? Whether he's done fair or unfair is a totally different thing but there has to be a scope to discuss and argue on it, no? And this film does not have it. I mean by far. In a film we see a soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister guy. The young wanderer guy assaults and kills the Taxi Driver for a small, forgivable fault and then the lawyer, in his first case tries to defend him in front of judge. Of course, he loses, because the guy was guilty and then there is emotional breakdown and blast from the past to tell why he behaved like that. To be frank, it wasn't enough to make him look fair even 1%. How weak writing it was. I am shocked to see so many positive reviews and hardly few people bashing its lame writing. Anyways, it's a strong film from rest of the sides. The biggest surviving factor of the film is superb performances of all three leading actors Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz and Jan Tesarz. The second best thing is Kieslowski's gripping and intense storytelling. The film does not look boring because of short runtime otherwise with that documentary style of cinematography it would have been a tedious journey. Overall, it's a good attempt to explore darkness into reality but nothing great.
RATING - 6/10*
By - #samthebestest.
A Strong Film made on Weak Base. Krzysztof Kieslowski's Crime Drama doesn't find Commensurability. A Short Film About Killing is one of the most acclaimed crime drama of late 80s and it even won accolades in Cannes and European Film Awards but i wonder WHY? Talk about any crime film where there is murder committed and think about what could be the reasons for it. Generally we expect a strong or at least decent reason to make that Murder look fair from the murderer's point of view, right? Whether he's done fair or unfair is a totally different thing but there has to be a scope to discuss and argue on it, no? And this film does not have it. I mean by far. In a film we see a soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister guy. The young wanderer guy assaults and kills the Taxi Driver for a small, forgivable fault and then the lawyer, in his first case tries to defend him in front of judge. Of course, he loses, because the guy was guilty and then there is emotional breakdown and blast from the past to tell why he behaved like that. To be frank, it wasn't enough to make him look fair even 1%. How weak writing it was. I am shocked to see so many positive reviews and hardly few people bashing its lame writing. Anyways, it's a strong film from rest of the sides. The biggest surviving factor of the film is superb performances of all three leading actors Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz and Jan Tesarz. The second best thing is Kieslowski's gripping and intense storytelling. The film does not look boring because of short runtime otherwise with that documentary style of cinematography it would have been a tedious journey. Overall, it's a good attempt to explore darkness into reality but nothing great.
RATING - 6/10*
By - #samthebestest.