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Oct 6, 2015 · Blind Chance dramatizes three possible paths his life could take based on the outcome of this last-second rush. In the first hypothetical route, he just barely clings to the moving train and subsequently meets communist officer Werner (Tadeusz Łomnicki) on board; entranced by the man’s sober teachings, he joins the party himself, and then finds himself conflicted when a chance encounter reconnects him with his first love (Boguslawa Pawelec), who’s now an activist.
"Blind chance" or "blind luck" means "nothing but chance". For example, if you are playing roulette, you win by blind luck. There is no skill at all. On the other hand, if you are playing poker, it's not blind chance. There is a mixture of skill and luck.
Sep 15, 2015 · Blind Chance was Kieslowski’s fourth fictional feature film (he was a documentarian as well), and from the supplements included in the new Criterion release I learned that it is a transitional piece; Kieslowski felt that trying to portray the external world — that of Poland in the 1970s — no longer served any point he could perceive, so he turned inward, interested in what builds our identity, looking at “the powers that meddle with our fate.”
Blind Chance (Przypadek). A 1981 feature film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski.
Blind Chance, completed in 1981 and denied a release in its native Poland until 1987, presents three possible outcomes to a single, seemingly banal event - a young medical student running to catch a train - and, in the process, explores the relationship between chance and choice.
Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski • 1981 • Poland Starring Bogusław Linda. Before he stunned the cinematic world with the epic series DEKALOG and the THREE COLORS trilogy, the great Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski made his first work of metaphysical genius, BLIND CHANCE, a compelling drama about the difficulty of reconciling political ideals with personal happiness.
Blind Chance is a Polish film written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Bogusław Linda. The film presents three separate storylines, told in succession, about a man running after a train and how such an ordinary incident could influence the rest of the man's life. Originally completed in 1981, Blind Chance was suppressed by the Polish authorities for several years until its delayed release in Poland on 10 January 1987 in a censored form.
