Krzystof Kieslowski, A Short Film About Killing (Poland, 1988)
A Short Film About Killing, by Krzystof Kieslowski was a journey into the human's mind. It was a journey to the unknown. The vivid colors had a great impact on the audience. It might be the reflection of the brain's world. In this movie, Kieslowski picked a new way of ideas. In most of the other movies, we see the reason for the crime and its motivations. While in this film, we were surprise of how some people think and view the world. There was also a huge cut in the movie. For example when the boy went and told his friend about the car, the second seen was him inside the court.
The whole movie goes around three char actors, the man who got killed, the killer, and the lawyer. Both of the two men did not treat others with love or care. The taxi driver did not have any manners. Like when he had two people waiting for him until he finishes cleaning his car, but then he would leaf them and go. He would do that without feeling guilt or shame. He was doing bad and evil, but not to a high degree, like he did not really hurt anyone.
He was thinking about his self as a smart person, but he would never think that there might be a person in this world worst than him. Their destiny brings both of them to the same path. Finally the taxi driver would drink from the same glass he gave to other without reasons. The young boy kills the man in a very inhumane way. Kieslowski made that action in a very deep and realistic way. It took about five minutes just for the seen of the boy trying to kill the man with the rope around his neck. There was a huge struggle between life and death in those moments. It was an actual time of killing. Further more, the boy beat up the man with a stick in his head until he thought that he was dead. When he saw his face with blood suddenly he did the cross symbol on his chest. On that moment I thought he regret of killing the man, but I was shock that after he was dragging the man to the river and the man was still a life and he begging him for mercy, he went got a big rock and smacked his head with it
This movie was shocking. The taxi driver and the boy were doing bad things to others with out reasons. There was a torture of animals too. In the beginning of the film we see a mouse dead and a cat that was hanging. On the other hand, we see the lawyer who felt guilty because he was not able to save the boy's life. In the humane mind we see the char actors of all different kinds of people. Some people never feel guilty no matter what they do, while for others guilt was like shadow that would never leaf them away.
Kieslowski also picked to show all the details of capital punishment that we usually do not see. Both men did died, but it was more painful to the boy because he knew he was dying. We know now how each person think and behave on their psychological reasons.
