Dainen Brass Decalogue

How does the visual medium of film work as Midrash?  Be specific in answering this question, relating the answer to the Commandment and the way the medium works to throw you into the struggle to find meaning.
    The visual medium of Midrash as it runs us through actual simulations of the rules  we are attempting to interpret how to properly follow. For instance in the first Decalogue we look at the commandment “I AM THE LORD THY GOD: THOU SHALT NOT HAVE STRANGE GODS BEFORE ME.” We begin to see what it means to have a strange god before the Lord. We see a relatively ordinary person who has a passion for computer programming, to the normal eye we might not see it as an unhealthy relationship but we learned that he has let his faith in god wain and decided to put more trust into that which ultimately leads to the death of his son. Additionally “THOU SHALT NOT KILL” observes the hypocrisy we have against this commandment, punishing someone by killing him when we are told not to kill. Some may argue that the commandment only forbids unjust killing, but that would simply create another situation for Midrash, forcing us to ask the question of what is an unjust killing.
Do any of the visuals of the films work as symbols that bridge the gap of understanding? How? Be specific in noting these visuals. 
    I think the god-like figure was an excellent visual showing us that god is around us at all times, whether or not we are recognizant of his presence, from him being at the lake when Pavel’s father was checking the ice, to being at the turning sign as the taxi drove by in the second film. 
How did the film relate feeling to meaning? Note that Kieslowski said, “It very quickly became clear that these would be films about feelings and passions, because we knew that love, or the fear of death, or the pain caused by a needle-prick, are common to all people, irrespective of their political views, the colour of their skin or their standard of living.” 
    The films also did a fantastic job of portraying the feelings that happen when caught up in these rules. Like when they showed the father talking about spilled ink when his mind was clearly thinking about what was up with Pavel, and the kid trying to fight off all those guards when he knew the resistance was futile. We can relate to the irrationality of us as a society when faced with extreme stresses. My favorite quote between both the films was at the picture shop when the kid said to the photographer “Can you tell someone is dead by looking at a picture of them” which to me meant can you see when people have given up just by looking at their eyes even if the expression seems happy
Finally, does this film cycle work to contextualize and integrate the code into an individual's life, bridging the flux of the moment to the ultimate meaning of eternity?
    As stated before, Kieslowski does an excellent job of portraying the feelings and emotion behind our lives, its able to be contextualized and integrated into individual lives because they are all relatable situation, we have all witnessed someone, maybe even ourselves who have gotten a little to deep into our passions, or wishing death on someone who although maybe deserves it, should still not have that wished upon them.

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