unit one:

philosophical questioning & the power of images

Filip (J. Stuhr) in Kieslowski's Amator

philosophical texts:

study guide for unit one

for further exploration:

Film: Socrates, Rossellini
film: camera buff (amator), K. Kieslowski, 1979

"I know a lot about lenses, about the editing room. I know what the different buttons on the camera are for. I know more or less how to use a microphone. I know all that, but that's not real knowledge. Real knowledge is knowing how to live, why we live, things like that."
-- Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish Film Director, 1941-1996

Film: Every Man for Himself and God Against All, Herzog