The first film in the Decalogue series is very engaging and emotional. It examines the first commandment of the bible- “Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.” In the film, Krzysztof and his son Pawel are infatuated with a computer. The father, more so than the son, places his faith in the computer rather than in God. This ultimately ends tragically. Krzysztof trusts his computer program when it informs him that it is safe for his son to skate on the pond, but when Pawel goes skating on the pond, the ice breaks and he drowns. Pawel’s death made me wonder if the filmmaker was trying to illustrate God’s wrath. Did God take Pawel’s life to teach Krzysztof a lesson? Will Pawel’s death cause Krzysztof to develop faith in God? Initially Krzysztof took a very scientific approach to death, but now that death has affected him so closely, will he put aside his faith in science and pursue a faith in God?
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