I LOVE THE BEAR (and my friends!!!)

not to be the guy who says stuff like "they don't make em like this anymore", (because i do firmly believe that great art can transcend any era), but it's hard to imagine something like this being put out today when most of what we get now is poorly shot with a bloated budget that relies too heavily on cgi and overstimulating editing techniques just to be dumped on some streaming service. this was the real deal!!!! where did we go wrong? (rhetorical)
giving the almighty dekalog another stab because i've always had a tender spot for kieślowski but am ashamed to say i never finished the whole series
and my god this first entry is jaw dropping. some of his best work, i think, even on its own. i've thought about it quite a lot in the almost 3 years since i first saw it. almost a shame it didn't get its own extended movie like episodes 5 and 6 did with…