Waiting in the Dark: Kieślowski and the Time-Image (opens in new tab)

1. Introduction In Krzysztof Kieślowski’s cinema, action is often postponed, suspended, or rendered ethically impossible. Characters wait, for a train, for political change, for emotional resolution, but waiting rarely leads to clarity or release. Instead, it becomes a condition of inhabiting time itself. In films such as Pzypadek (Blind Chance, 1981) and Bez końca (No […]