(Documentary)
Talking Heads- Krzysztof Kieślowski
Range of interesting answers put together, like an anthropological experiment. This was a documentary, but later on, after trouble with censorship, ‘he decided that fiction not only allowed more artistic freedom, but could portray everyday life more truthfully.’
1980 "Gadajace głowy / Talking Heads" - People of various professions and various ages, ranging from a one-year-old child to a one hundred-year-old woman, provide answers to the following questions: What year were you born in? Who are you? What do you think is most important? The result is a gallery of heads identified by their year of birth. The dreams and problems of people of various ages combine to constitute a story of human life. A two-year-old dreams of being a 'Syrenka' automobile (one of the erstwhile 'wonders' of Socialist technology), while a one hundred-year-old woman dreams of living longer. The film is simultaneously a story about Poland, about how Poles perceive their country and what they would have liked to change about it. The film's title is sarcastic (referencing a phrase used earlier by prominent critic Zygmunt Kałużynski in an unfavorable review of Kieślowski's work as a filmmaker). In this film, Kieślowski seems to predict what the world witnessed later in August of 1980, when Poles began to speak openly and publicly about the changes that needed to occur in the country.
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