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I wanted to describe the world at the same time, through image, express what I felt. It was the time of the great documentary filmmakers: Richard Leacock, Joris Ivens. Today, television has put an end to this type of filmmaking.

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Krzysztof Kieslowski
Age: 54 †
Born: 1941
Born: June 27
Died: 1996
Died: March 13
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