Editing Krzysztof Kieślowski (section)

=== 1966–1980: Early work ===
[[File:Kieślowski 1972.png|thumb|Kieślowski in 1972]]
Kieślowski's early documentaries focused on the everyday lives of city dwellers, workers, and soldiers. Though he was not an overtly political filmmaker, he soon found that attempting to depict Polish life accurately brought him into conflict with the authorities. His television film ''[[Workers '71: Nothing About Us Without Us]]'', which showed workers discussing the reasons for the mass strikes of 1970, was only shown in a drastically censored form. After ''Workers '71'', he turned his eye on the authorities themselves in ''Curriculum Vitae'', a film that combined documentary footage of [[Politburo]] meetings with a fictional story about a man under scrutiny by the officials. Though Kieślowski believed the film's message was anti-authoritarian, he was criticized by his colleagues for cooperating with the government in its production.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/03/the-essentials-krzysztof-kieslowski-100770/ |title=The Essentials: Krzysztof Kieslowski |last=Perez |first=Rodrigo |website=indiewire.com  |date=13 March 2013 |access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref>
Kieślowski later said that he abandoned documentary filmmaking due to two experiences:  the censorship of ''Workers '71'', which caused him to doubt whether truth could be told literally under an authoritarian regime, and an incident during the filming of ''Station'' (1981) in which some of his footage was nearly used as evidence in a criminal case. He decided that fiction not only allowed more artistic freedom but could portray everyday life more truthfully.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/kieslowski/ |title=Kieslowski, Krzysztof |last=Cummings |first=Doug |website=sensesofcinema.com |publisher=Sense of Cinema Inc. |date=July 2003 |access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/workers-71/ |title=Workers '71 |last=Trudell |first=Travis |website=letterboxd.com |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |date=6 February 2015 |access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref>