Originally posted by MistaMista Tom Hagen: I just didn't quite get Kieslowski's motivation in making his character expierience that transformation, which subsequently made me feel as though it came off less effectively. What are we as the viewers supposed to get out of it? Or is it, as the title suggests, just an objective piece, with no intended message? Simply titling it A Short Film About Killing implies no intended emotional reaction. Could the confusion I'm feeling perhaps be the intended result?
Any thoughts?
I think that's the chief marker of Kíeslowski's aesthetic: he's not really interested in moralising, or manipulating. The power of Killing, for me, comes from the bleak detachment between camera and content. Music is used sparingly and effectively; Preisner's scores are beautiful, for all of his films, but have a cold haunting tone about them. They're certainly not as manipulative as, say, how Spielberg might use a John Williams score.
You perhaps felt uncomfortable with this emotional detachment?
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