Artur Barcis, Grazyna Szapolowska, Miroslawa Chojnacka
Tomik, a shy 19 year-old boy, becomes voyeuristically attached to his neighbor Magda, an older, more sexually sophisticated woman. Initially Tomik seems to simply be a creepy scopophillic nuisance. Bu...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 11, 2004
Stats: 190 reviews
This isn't a short film about love, it's a short film about stalking. A simple change in score would have made the film feel ominous and foreboding as opposed to romantic. This film isn't about love, it's about obsession - the very unhealthy kind. I was tempted to eject it part w...( read more)
Emo-Kieslowski goes DePalma in this creepy sexy voyeuristic character study
"Short Film About Love" is one of Kieslowski's masterpieces and one of the best movies ever made. It is perfect. It is one of those rare pictures in which you wouldn't want to change a single frame, or a gesture in an actor, or add or cut out anything. It is a crowning example of...( read more)
its dark, brooding tale of voyeurism, unrequited obsession, and ache of desire,
the entire Decalogue project is a certifiable masterpiece, and this extended version of one of the sequences is one of the best.
My favourite Kieslowski movie which combines loneliness and falling in love with somebody who doesn't even know you...totally moving.
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