One of the ugliest movies ever made, and that's just exactly the way it should be: it takes place in an irredeemably ugly world.
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08/04/08
A Short Film About Killing (1988)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:10
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.7/10
Runtime: 81 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: One of director Krzysztof Kieslowski's greatest achievements, A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING has become both a politically and artistically influential masterpiece. The relatively simple story about a... [More]
Starring: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
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Reviews for A Short Film About Killing
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Thou Shalt Not Miss
09/01/09
Far more effective in its longer version.
09/07/04
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10/28/06
The film forces the audience to confront the most vile aspects of life, without offering enough intellectual substance to justify sitting through such brutality.
08/30/04
This is one of a preeminent filmmaker’s most vital films.
04/19/04
Not for the squeamish.
09/04/07
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06/10/08
Top CriticKieslowski movingly demonstrates the unexpected connections that strangers make, and ponders the metaphysical forces that not only bind us, but also redeem us.
05/29/04
Top CriticOne of the most horrific films you're likely to see -- and one of the most oddly didactic.
05/29/04
Exudes a cosmic foreboding.
03/26/04
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10/28/06
Kieslowski and screenwriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz refuse to stack the deck: There are no cardboard villains here, only flawed, fully imagined human beings.
05/29/04
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