If ever there was a reason to "binge watch," this is it. You notice how much treacley and usual dramatic frames we put up with by how much they are *absent* in this film (series) -- there isn't a hint of "have to lean that way so the audience will get it" in the whole set of 'em, up to the last one, which is the most light-hearted. Viewing it from this far up the tracks, you can see how poorly people had to live, even when they were making the best of it, and how much Kieslowski and collaborator Piesiewicz did to consciously prioritize children, familial longing, choices that have no easy (or precedented) out. You're surprised at how moved you are, and how much you find out that you couldn't have guessed, and how much it's a question of pacing you might not be used to in this hectic day-to-day life. Worth adjusting to! A really good movie, and appropriate for adolescents -- it'll sear itself into their brains, and you can rest assured that they'll at least have *some* ballast that isn't South Park, or Seinfeld: forgiveness zones for more peanut butter.
Review of The Decalogue
