A Short Film About Killing (Krótki film o zabijaniu). Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1988.
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Edition screened: Included in the Kino DVD box set The Krzysztof Kieślowski Collection, released 2005. Polish language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 81 minutes.
Summary: Images of dead animals.
Details:
1) The first minute of the film is comprised of three prolonged shots, first of dead cockroaches on discarded plate, then of a dead rat in a puddle, and finally of a black cat hanged from a pole.
2) At 25:40, the cabdriver thinks it funny to blow his horn at a man walking two dogs, frightening the animals so that one breaks free and runs away.
A Short Film About Killing is an expansion of Episode V in The Decalogue. The Kino DVD also includes the short film From a Night Porter’s Point of View (1977).