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It's precisely the moment when —

I see him out of the corner of my eye.

You see him? Now look as if you see Aleksander.

Krzysztof Kieslowski Is working in TV once again.

This time he's shooting a 10-part series

called Dekalog.

It will feature Maja Komorowska, Anna Polony, Krystyna Janda,

Janusz Gajos, and Aleksander Bardini.

Now smile a little bigger than before.

First you recognize him, and then there's an understanding.

Krysia, pretend you're playing.

Here's Marek Drabik speaking with Kieslowski.

Will Dekalog be a treatise on moral principles?

You're using very serious words.

It won't be a treatise on moral principles.

I don't know that there's any such thing.

These will simply be films about life.

It's ten films...

each quite different from the rest.

Each has a different subject, a different story,

and a different style, because each has a different cinematographer.

That's why they'll all be made very differently.

I think, or I hope,

that all these different styles

will dovetail nicely with what I want to talk about in each film.

Each film addresses different subject matter.

There's also a comedy.

I think the last film should be humorous.

I would call most of them psychological films,

films in which I try

to peel away a few layers from my protagonists.

A TV series is something new for you.

It's not a TV series.

Maybe "a series of films" would be better.

I myself call it a "cycle."

So even though these films are connected

by a common title and idea —

in this case the Ten Commandments —

each is also separate and distinct and different.

I think viewers will encounter a certain form

that may not be ideal for them,

because they love getting attached to their soap opera characters.

I don't say this mockingly.

They like their soap opera protagonists,

the ladies eaten by crocodiles, and so on.

They like returning to them every week.

Here, unfortunately,

they'll see different people every week.

I hope to make it up to them

with the excellence of the actors who'll appear in each film.