Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
盲打误撞, Le Hasard, 맹목적인 기회, Náhoda, 機遇之歌, Der Zufall möglicherweise, Destino cieco - Il caso, 机遇之歌, Sorte Cega, El azar, הזדמנות מקרית, Kör Talih, Véletlen, Ödets nyck, Случай, Sattuman kauppaa, شانس کور, ბრმა შანსი, 偶然
France Cannes Film Festival 
USA Maine International Film Festival 
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Germany France Germany Poland USA 
You can never go wrong with Kieslowski.
This movie has the best ending of any of his films.
I’m sure I wrote a good review of this movie in a different timeline.
Maybe I got into a car accident, head on collision, slammed my head into the steering wheel. I went into a coma, woke up 4 years later, ate through a straw for a month, re-learned to read and write, became incredibly proficient as a writer, fell in love with my nurse, then rediscovered my love of cinema after scrolling through TV channels and watching Elf. After dedicating the next ten years of my life to watching film, I discover this film yet again, and pour my heart and soul into writing the letterboxd diary entry, perhaps using fancy words, descriptive allegories, and just the right amount…
a lot of the smaller nuances in plot went over my head because of the specific politics at play here. by the third act i was finally getting invested but it felt a little too late in the game for the ending to really stick. still a solid warm up for when i eventually attempt dekalog... i'm petrified
You have to make a choice or else the choice will be made for you.
Self-control is the slipperiest slope of all. Biting off more than you can chew is the fastest guarantee to losing all your teeth. Passive, neutral, non-conformity is the rotten core of a juicy game. Ignoring your agency to take a stance then, is getting your tooth stuck in the toffee apple of life and pulling out a big, ugly, putrid, wilting worm.
Agency over our actions is a liquor we all get hopped on, sloppy drunk — it’s a way to kid ourselves on how we’re in ever in with a fighting chance, purely by our own devices. But one sip of the juice too…
the first and last thirty seconds of this movie are literally the most traumatising things I’ve ever witnessed
i feel like if had any fucking clue about the political landscape that communist 70s poland had then maybe i would understand everything a little better,,,
Every generation yearns for light. It needs reassurance and faith that the world can be better and a fairer place. This yearning is like a drug. Early in life it brings joy, because the light seems so near and within reach. At life's end it brings bitterness, because the light has grown once again, without acrimony and this hope, life would be pitiful indeed.
Kieslowski's version of a metaverse with a man shifting between 3 different versions of political engagements, 3 different lovers, 3 different careers, 3 completely different outcomes, asking the question of how the smallest coincidence could change a whole life path, from top to bottom, the mythical wing flap of a butterfly so to say.
Blind Chance creates an intriguing thought experiment through narrative playfulness, that is a catalyst for its themes and motifs - a labyrinthian correspondence enhancing them in your head, skillfully arranged by Kieslowski, constituting an own world to navigate through.
"Every generation craves for light. It needs reassurance and faith... in a better, more just path." -Werner,
- Krzysztof Kieślowski Ranked: boxd.it/9adnu
To be, or not to be... a Communist.
A man tries to catch a train by running for it. Kieślowski then offers three possible timelines that could result from the attempt to catch the train in order to show how such a seemingly insignificant event can dramatically alter a life. I love a story about the intersection of politics and love and I love a romantic concept like chance so even the description of this film gets high marks for me. Add Kieślowski's mastery of the camera and you have a very special film.
I love the direction…
Damnnnnn this boi gets laid regardless of what train he takes
Décimacuarta obra que veo del maestro polaco Krzysztof Kieslowski. Es obligatorio analizar esta obra porque fue la que definió la estructura de "what if" o ¿que pasaría si? Mucho antes de se vuelva un tanto genérico en Hollywood.
En su momento es o fue una propuesta muy inteligente y brillante, pero en su ejecución el ritmo es un tanto denso y un contexto político que aveces quitaba un poco la emoción de los sucesos y me aburria un poco ...Lo más mejor es el guión que nos cuenta tres realidades distintas que no diré exactamente cuales son porque no quiero aburrirlos ..técnicamente la película pertenece a esta corriente polaca donde la fotografía es cruda, con una cámara en mano que…
Criterion Collection Spine #772
(Foreign language film)
Have you ever considered that the entire course of your life could have pivoted based on the events of a single moment?
"It's for the 10th July, but my wife's birthday is on the 9th ... and I'd like to go a day or two later ... I love my wife very much ... There's a connection on the 11th via Paris."
From the Director of 'The Three Colors trilogy', Krzysztof Kieslowski's Blind Chance tells a multiple versions story of a young Polish man's life, with how the result of a fateful attempt to catch a train was able to splinter the course of his life into three possible directions. This was another…
A slightly more Communist version of Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah's 1998 masterpiece Sliding Doors where instead of choices between (a) catching lazy boyfriend doing the nasty with Jeannie Tripplehorn or (b) living in blissful ignorance, our protagonist gets to choose between (a) hot sexytime or (b) a very unpleasant politically charged rear-ending.
Those crazy Poles... always making a choice between hard times and hard times.
