June 8, 2008 by dave.

I’m just a car salesman who is enjoying his day off waiting for the Lakers playoff game so please forgive me as I had never heard of Kieslowski before. I read the story thinking perhaps it was a tribute to some family member, lost girlfriend, or something like that. I then Googled Kieslowski and think I figured out that this story is based on the plot of, The Double Life of Veronique. It’s hard to understand this piece without the same familiarity that the author shares and I’m left to assume without ever having seen this guys works that there is a reason the woman have names and the man doesn’t and other things that I’m not even aware of. In terms of writing I felt it seemed to be more of a visual pass than something that was digging, reaching, climbing, or scratching at something. For instance, when he strokers her, is it as one would stroke their pet? When does one declare in times of chinese chicken salads their “undying love” for anyone? I did like that there were two paragraphs each playing the same scene from different yet closely related points of view. I would like to see the writer work harder on this piece. Forget any loyalty to Kieslowski. Make it his own. 

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July 31, 2007 by admin.

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