Krzysztof Kieślowski’s “Decalogue” as a Quality TV Series

• Authors: Monika Talarczyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The text is dedicated to The Decalogue (Dekalog,1988) by Krzysztof Kieslowski and analyses the television series through the prism of genre and contemporary television studies, including the concept of quality television. Kieslowski’s series fulfills all the criteria assigned to the contemporary new generation television series, and can act as a reference point for interpreting Poland’s first new generation series by HBO, In treatment (Bez tajemnic, 2011–2013). The two titles are also linked by the same Polish film tradition, i.e. the cinema of moral concern, even though In treatment is based on foreign format.

Keywords

EN

Polish television; tv series; quality television

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 33
• Pages: 38-46

Dates

published

2019-03-25

Contributors

author

Monika Talarczyk

• Department of Film Art Organisation Polish National Film School, Lodz

References

• Haltof M., “Ciągle żywy. Wpływ Kieślowskiego na kino polskie w czasach postkomunistycznych”, trans. A. Tambor, “Postscriptum Polonistyczne” 2010, no. 1 (5), pp. 89–104.
• Of Elephants and Toothaches: Ethics, Politics, and Religion in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s “Decalogue”, eds. E. Badowska and F. Parmeggiani, New York 2016
• Quality TV: Contemporary American Television and Beyond, eds. J. McCabe, et. al., New York and London 2007.
• Władcy torrentów. Wokół anagażującego modelu telewizji, eds. M. Major and J. Bucknall-Hołyńska, Gdańsk 2014.

Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/i.2018.33.04