Gonna spend a day in #Warsaw day after tomorrow. So ofc I’ll have to make my pilgrimage to the housing complex where #Kieslowski's Decalogue was shot.
https://mapadekalogu.pl/en/locations/staw-z-golebiami

I’ve actually been there before, but it was a looooong time ago: shortly after they showed the series on #Finnish #tv, over 30 years ago. (Yeah, they broadcasted it here quite promptly, almost immediately after it came in #Poland.)

Interested to see how the place has changed – or has it.

#travel #film #movies

Inflancka Housing Complex

Located between Inflancka and Dzika Streets, this housing complex was built in the 1970s using prefabricated slabs of reinforced-steel concrete. Each building was assembled, floor by floor, from

Oh, this might explain why Dekalog was shown here so soon:
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzysztof_Kie%C5%9Blowski

Rough translation of the relevant paragraph: ’ Kieślowski had a special relationship with #Finland. He taught the director students at the #Helsinki School of Art and Design and collaborated with documentarian Jarmo Jääskeläinen, with whom he befriended. Kieślowski's imported films gained a wide audience in Finland. '

Krzysztof Kieślowski – Wikipedia