1980 · documentary · portrait · society
Talking Heads
Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski15m1980
People of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.
Our read: Talking Heads (1980) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded documentary · portrait · society entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured documentary / portrait, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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How Talking Heads feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want short direct interviews revealing what ordinary Poles want from life.”
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