SOURCE: "A Testament to Krzysztof Kieslowski," in Film Criticism, Vol. XXI, No. 2, Winter, 1996–97, pp. 59-61.

In the following essay, the Perlmutters discuss the bio-documentary on Kieslowski's life, Krzysztof Kieslowski—I'm So-So by Krzysztof Wierzbicki.

Very much like a fortuitous event in one of his own movies, Krzysztof Kieslowski, the renowned director, consented to be in a bio-documentary shortly before his death. Krzysztof Kieslowski—I'm So-So was made in Denmark by Krzysztof Wierzbicki, who had worked with Kieslowski as his assistant director on The Scar and Camera Buff.

Equally fortuitous was Wierzbicki's decision to start the film with a group of professionals analyzing aspects of Kieslowski's personality. Their explanations are like eerie premonitions of Kieslowski's sudden death during heart surgery a few months after the film was shot. A cardiologist held up a set of x-rays and suggested that circulatory problems were inevitable judging from the patient's drinking habits...