14th January, 2018 // 6:30 PM // NID, Ahmedabad

" How far are we free from feelings? Is love a prison? Or is it freedom? Is the cult of television a prison or is it freedom? Theoretically it's freedom because, if you've got a satellite, you can watch channels from all over the world. But in fact you immediately have to buy all sorts of gadgets to go with the television. And if it breaks down you have to take it to be repaired or get an engineer to come and do it for you. You get pissed off with what's being said or shown on television. In other words, while theoretically giving yourself the freedom of watching various things you're also falling into a trap with this gadget...

The same applies to emotions. To love is a beautiful emotion but in loving you immediately make yourself dependent on the person you love. You do what he likes, although you might not like it yourself, because you want to make him happy. So, while having these beautiful feelings of love and having a person you love, you start doing a lot of things which go against your own grain. That's how we've understood freedom in these three films. On the personal level."

-Krysztof Kieslowski