"Freedom," Sartre noted, "is what you do with what's been done to you." 'Components,' directed by Michał Borczuch, appears to be disquieting precisely because it lays open just such an existentialist view of human freedom. As with most things that are disquieting in art; that can only be a good thing.

Some critics find it hard to warm to 'Components,' which evokes the atmosphere of 'Train spotting' in its' presentation of the day-to-day, banal existence of a group of young Polish drug addicts. The play is blamed for being pointless, for lacking both substance and style and for being thoughtless. However, it is precisely these qualities, when looked at from a non-teleological perspective- that earn the play praise. What is unsettling to some critics is the fact that this play does not aspire to the pretense of thoughtfulness; 'thinking' apparently being so taken for granted, not unlike God, that its' lack apparently signals immaturity or negligence rather than authenticity. And this juxtaposition of reactions is precisely what makes 'Components' an interesting play. One critic noted that, given its' vacant content, the play could have lasted anywhere from 7 hours to 70 years.... But the problem with this snide remark is that for those whose existence really does take up the for