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...Polish nebbish gets even with the nasty Frenchwoman of his dreams. In this dark comedy (second episode in the wonderful Blue-White-Red trilogy), director Krzysztof Kieslowski cannily observes the flourishing of capitalism and the festering of emotion in his wayward homeland...
Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 (Sony). Krzysztof Penderecki may be better known, but Lutoslawski, a composer of uncompromising integrity, was the dean of contemporary Polish composers. He died in February, but his work lives on in these splendid readings by Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Particularly noteworthy is the Fourth Symphony, Lutoslawski's last and most moving orchestral essay...
...KRZYSZtof of Kieslowski's most recent film and the third in his "Three Colors" series, he examines the flow of our daily lives. "Red," starring Irene Jacob and Jean-Louis Trintingant, is a breathtaking film about the interwoven nature of our existence. "Who is that person sitting next to us?" Kieslowski asks. "Do we know them? Will we ever?" The idea that we are constantly surrounded by potential friends or lovers is not a new one, but rarely has it been expressed so tangibly, so beautifully...
...through hell, maybe kill him off -- ah, maybe not -- to make a moral point, or just because they feel like it. They resemblehanging judges, and sometimes they must feel uneasy about their power over life and death, love and loneliness. Perhaps that is what prodded Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski and his writing collaborator, Krzysztof Piesiewicz (himself a lawyer), to create Three Colors: Red, a movie about a judge racked by guilt, regret and his need to keep eavesdropping on other people's crimes and pain...
...missed is Krzysztof Kieslowski's second film of his trilogy, "White." An amusing, often funny black comedy, it will make you awestruck by its beauty and wishing you could move to Eastern Europe. A must...