Well, I made it through another Kieslowski film. They are hard work for me. I always wind up bawling my eyes out, and this one was no different. I am going to take a long break. They always hurt me, but I always feel like I have become more human in some way.
In this one, I think I speak accurately when I say that–like the Double Life of Veronique, which also starred Irene Jacob–it is about Fate, or at least in part.
The way I conceive of Fate is the sense you sometimes get of a scent from far away, a whiff, something which comes and goes in an instant, and then is no more, but which was real. Life is like this, I feel. There is an underlying structure, and we get hints of it sometimes, but only for split seconds. These feelings are strong enough to last, though, a long, long time.
That’s all I have to say about that. I need to clear my mind and spirit.