守夜者的观点  From a Night Porter’s Point of View,守夜者的观点 Z punktu widzenia nocnego portiera

AtthetimeofthePolishsocialregime,asecurityofficerispromotedtoworkataprisonyard.Introducingconcurrentlywiththenarrator;hespeaksofhimself,histhoughts,hispointofview.Hetellsthatheisnotafraidofbanditsorgangs;onthecontraryhegetsakickoutarmedconflicts.Togetastartinhisnewduty,heshopsforawatchdog;andhebuysanuntrainedattackdogashiscompanion.Thenhespeaksoftheadjudicationsthatthedeathsentenceforfugitivesislackinginfluence.Fromhispointofview,thejudicatorytribunalmustexecutethefugitivesinpublic.Inthemorningthenextdayhewearshisuniformandstartworkingwithpride.Whilstheisonhisduty,averyharmonicmusicscorebeginstobeplayedonthepiano.Thewatchmanspectatesthepeacefullifeonthestreet.Atthattimewecatchonthatsocialismisnotagovernmentalregime;yetit’sanuneducatedbehavior.Asafinalscenethewatchmanwitnessesofacadetschool’spupilsbeingtaughtofthedemocracy.Heleavesuswithaconfusedsmile.AsoftandlikablethesisfromthePolishdirectorKieslowski.YoucanfindthisshortdocumentaryasaspecialfeatureinhisDVDofAShortFilmAboutKilling.Itcouldhelpyoutocompasshisfilmlanguage.