Abstract

By referencing Italian auteurs Ermanno Olmi and Federico Fellini, this paper offers a re-reading of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s reflections on cinema that places the practice of describing reality and uttering “a statement of fact” about people’s lives and the world as a long-lasting, structuring foundation of his episteme and workshop.

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  • By referencing Italian auteurs Ermanno Olmi and Federico Fellini, this paper o ers a re-reading of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s re ections on cinema that places the practice of describing reality and uttering “a statement of fact” about people’s lives and the world as a long-lasting, structuring foundation of his episteme and workshop

  • From di erent generations and di erent cultural backgrounds, despite the common in uence of Catholicism, both directors made documentaries before turning to feature lms, and treasured the technical knowledge and personal enrichment they gained from this experience.[ ] ey both acknowledge that this was a key experience in the de nition of their aesthetic and the development of their poetics in later years.[ ]. More importantly, they share a humanistic approach to the world and its representation: their creative vision continuously shows genuine empathy for people and their daily struggles, and asserts the value of the person and of human knowledge when confronted with the mysteries of existence

  • [5] Olmi speaks of his formation as follows: “io vengo dal mondo documentaristico e in particolar modo dal mondo del lavoro che ho documentato: quindi è un’in uenza determinante” [“I come from the world of documentaries and, in particular, from the world of work, which I have documented: is a de ning in uence”]

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By referencing Italian auteurs Ermanno Olmi and Federico Fellini, this paper o ers a re-reading of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s re ections on cinema that places the practice of describing reality and uttering “a statement of fact” about people’s lives and the world as a long-lasting, structuring foundation of his episteme and workshop.

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