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Blind Chance (1987)

Blind Chance (1987)

A metaphysical exploration of where chance and choice can take you in life

7.7

Movie

Poland
Polish
Drama
1987
KRZYSZTOF KIEŚLOWSKI
Bogusław Linda, Bogusława Pawelec, Jerzy Stuhr
117 min

TLDR

Blind Chance crawled so that Everything Everywhere All At Once could run.

What it's about

With an uncertain future in Communist Poland, medical student Witek runs after a train. This mundane event leads to three possible outcomes.

The take

A butterfly flapping its wings could cause a hurricane on the other side of the world. While originally conceived for weather science, this butterfly effect has been used to explain life in general, but we never really know what our butterfly is. Blind Chance visually demonstrates this through the simple act of catching a train. Through three vastly separate outcomes, writer-director Krzysztof Kieślowski depicts how chance rules life as much as our choices, and while both can get in the way of personal happiness, making the choice leads to better outcomes than having that choice made for you. Przypadek may have taken nearly six years to be released after completion, but it’s an interesting choice Kieślowski made in spite of Polish censorship.

What stands out

Every time *that* specific score plays.

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