Blind Chance

I was inspired by the extras in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors boxset to see his earlier masterpiece, Blind Chance (1987). It has an original idea in that the main character Witek (Boguslaw Linda), a medical student whose father dies, lives out three different realities. These are based on whether or not he catches a train to Warsaw. These realities include becoming an active member of the communist party, a member of the opposition, and becoming an apolitical doctor/researcher. The ending puts the three realities in perspective-an inventive and thought-provoking film that was originally shelved in 1981 by state-imposed censorship due to the film's political content.