Blind chance

Studio Filmowe TOR ; Film Polski ; scenariusz i reżyseria Krzysztof Kieślowski
videorecording (DVD) - 2015

A compelling drama about the difficulty of reconciling political ideals with personal happiness. This unforgettable film follows Witek, a medical student with an uncertain future in Communist Poland; the movie dramatizes Witek's journey as a series of different possibilities, suggesting that chance rules our lives as much as choice. First suppressed and then censored by the Polish government.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kieślowski, Krzysztof, 1941-1996 (Screenwriter), Linda, Bogusław (Actor), Łomnicki, Tadeusz, 1927-1992 (Actor), Zapasiewicz, Zbigniew, 1934-2009 (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:Polish
English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Edition:DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 772.
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511 1 |a Bogusław Linda, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Bogusława Pawelec, Marzena Trybała, Jacek Borkowski, Jacek Sas-Uchrynowski, Adam Ferency, Irena Byrska, Monika Goździk, Zygmunt Hübner, Jerzy Stuhr, Kazimiera Nogajówna, Stefania Iwińska, Bogdan Niewinowski, Piotr Skarga, Piotr Loretz, Jacek Kaczmarski, Maciej Maciejewski, Kazimierz Jaworksi, Mirosław Siedler. 
508 |a Producer, Jacek Szeligowski ; director of photography, Krzysztof Pakulski ; music, Wojciech Kilar ; production designer, Rafał Waltenberger ; editor, Elżbieta Kurkowska ; costume design, Agnieszka Domaniecka ; guest singer, Jacek Kaczmarski. 
500 |a Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981. 
500 |a "This is the 1981 version of the film with censored fragments restored" --Opening screens, English subtitle. 
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500 |a New, restored 4k digital transfer of the original uncensored film, approved by cinematographer Krzysztof Pakulski. 
520 |a A compelling drama about the difficulty of reconciling political ideals with personal happiness. This unforgettable film follows Witek, a medical student with an uncertain future in Communist Poland; the movie dramatizes Witek's journey as a series of different possibilities, suggesting that chance rules our lives as much as choice. First suppressed and then censored by the Polish government. 
500 |a Special features: "Blind chance" unshelved (interview with Polish film critic Tadeusz Sobolewski discussing the film); Agnieszka Holland (interview with filmmaker Agnieszka Holland from 2003 discussing the film); Censored (nine sections from the film originally censored in Poland). 
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