Thinking about Kieslowski's 'A Short Film About Killing' - The Sound STILL Haunts Me

Okay, so I just re-watched 'A Short Film About Killing' (Kieślowski, duh) and man, it's STILL messed up. What really got me this time around wasn't just the violence, which is obviously shocking, but the sound design. Seriously, who signed off on that choice to amplify every single little thing? Like, the squeak of the rope, the way the tires sounded on the cobblestones... It just ratchets up the tension to an almost unbearable level. I was thinking about it, and I think Kieslowski was doing that intentionally, making it as viscerally unpleasant as possible to force the audience to feel something about capital punishment. It's not just watching something awful, it's like you're hearing the awfulness in excruciating detail. And then you have Jacek. Such a blank slate. The way he just stares out the window, seemingly disconnected, right before he kills the taxi driver... that always creeped me out. No real motivation given, just this... void. I almost wanna say the film is less about the why and more about the how. How easily life can be taken. How brutally. And it makes you wonder about the state's right to do the same thing, y'know? He's executed, but it feels like he's already been executed in some ways before he ever even committed the crime, just by his cirumstances. I wonder if the hyperreal sound design was also supposed to hint at the disconnect between Jacek's reality and our reality as viewers. Like, we're used to Hollywood glamorizing violence, adding music, making it palatable. Here, Kieslowski just throws raw, amplified sound in our faces. Maybe to say, 'Hey, this is what it really sounds like. This isn't entertainment.' Just a thought. It's been bugging me. Am I reaching? Let me know what you guys think. And yeah, I know it's a commentary on the death penalty, but it's the way it's presented that gets me every time. Anyone else find the sound design particularly effective (and disturbing)? Thinking of also rewatching Dekalog next.