Abstract
The text is dedicated to The Decalogue (Dekalog,1988) by Krzysztof Kieslowski and analyses the television series through the prism of genre and contemporary television studies, including the concept of quality television. Kieslowski’s series fulfills all the criteria assigned to the contemporary new generation television series, and can act as a reference point for interpreting Poland’s first new generation series by HBO, In treatment (Bez tajemnic, 2011–2013). The two titles are also linked by the same Polish film tradition, i.e. the cinema of moral concern, even though In treatment is based on foreign format.
Highlights
E text is dedicated to e Decalogue (Dekalog, ) by Krzysztof Kieslowski and analyses the television series through the prism of genre and contemporary television studies, including the concept of quality television
Kieslowski’s series ful lls all the criteria assigned to the contemporary new generation television series, and can act as a reference point for interpreting Poland’s rst new generation series by HBO, In treatment (Bez tajemnic, – ). e two titles are linked by the same Polish lm tradition, i.e. the cinema of moral concern, even though In treatment is based on foreign format
In this article the aim is not to deal with the category of television lm, or Kieślowski’s entire body of work, but with Decalogue and the idea of the serial television production. ese observations have been brought about by contemporary studies of quality television and the term “new generation series”, promoted by English-language subject literature. e thesis here is that Kieślowski and Piesiewicz’s television series, which was the crowning of a quality trend characterising Polish public television’s serial productions in the rst y years of its existence, ful lls all the criteria generally assigned to contemporary new generation television series, and can serve as a reference point for interpreting Poland’s rst new generation series by HBO, In Treatment (Bez tajemnic, – )
Summary
E text is dedicated to e Decalogue (Dekalog, ) by Krzysztof Kieslowski and analyses the television series through the prism of genre and contemporary television studies, including the concept of quality television. E thesis here is that Kieślowski and Piesiewicz’s television series, which was the crowning of a quality trend characterising Polish public television’s serial productions in the rst y years of its existence, ful lls all the criteria generally assigned to contemporary new generation television series, and can serve as a reference point for interpreting Poland’s rst new generation series by HBO, In Treatment (Bez tajemnic, – ).
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