SOURCE: "Glowing in the Dark," in Sight and Sound, Vol. 4, No. 6, June, 1994, pp. 8-10.

In the following interview, Kieslowski discusses influences on his filmmaking, including themes, financing, and the political situation in Poland.

Hong Kong: 25 March—Dinner at the Pacific Club with Krzysztof Kieslowski, hosted by Golden Harvest, the local distributor of the Three Colours trilogy. Kieslowski is in town for the Hong Kong Film Festival (which opens with Blue and closes with White) and has spent the day giving interviews to promote the upcoming releases of the films. His producer Marin Karmitz, the ex-radical who runs the Paris production/distribution company MK2, has faxed ahead with precise instructions for prospective interviewers: "No stupid questions."

Kieslowski's left forearm is in plaster ("A skiing accident—my first vacation in three years, and this happened on the second day"), but he is in high spirits. He is flying on to...