In the moving first film of the three colors trilogy each part tells a standalone story oscarwinner juliette binoche gives a tourdeforce performance as julie, a woman reeling from the tragic death of her husband and young daughter. It celebrates the idea of the european unity and integration, but also the three principles of the french. These are lush, sweeping movies of ideas that manage to turn. Blue 1993 tt0108394 julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Trois couleurs is the collective title of three films directed by krzysztof kieslowski, two made in french and one primarily in polish. Philosophically profound, strikingly beautiful, and deeply moving, the film is one of the highlights of cinema of the last 50 years and is a mustsee for anyone seeking to understand the possibilities of. Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of derek jarmans experiences with aids, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue. But avoiding human interactions on the bustling streets of paris proves impossible, and she eventually meets up with olivier, an old friend who. Blue is a 1993 drama film directed by derek jarman. Blue 1993 2003 mk2 productions samiramax buena vista. For the uninitiated, krzysztof kieslowskis three colours trilogy was made backtoback in 1993, following the success of his double life of veronique. Niebieski is a 1993 french drama film directed and cowritten by polish. It celebrates the idea of the european unity and integration, but also the three principles of the french revolution equality, brotherhood.
Blue is a phenomenal beginning to the three colors trilogy. The film was supported by the council of europe, but mostly financed by the french. Blue shows your sorrow, when at concealing, you fail. Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. First, because i was in love with juliette binoche, circa 1993, and she is radiantly and tragically beautiful in this film.
Such complications had already rendered him partially blind at the time of the film s release, only being able to. Blue is a 1993 french drama film directed and cowritten by polish filmmaker. Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of derek jarmans experiences with aids, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the. With juliette binoche, zbigniew zamachowski, julie delpy, benoit regent. This boldly cinematic trio of stories about love and loss, from krzysztof kieslowski was a defining event of the arthouse boom of the 1990s. It was the retirement of a magician, a prospero who was now content to lay aside his artto read and smoke. All three were cowritten by kieslowski and krzysztof piesiewicz with story consultants agnieszka holland. Instead, she sets about starting over, purging all remnants of her. Such complications had already rendered him partially blind at the time of the film s release, only being able to see in shades of blue. The films are named for the colors of the french flag and stand for the tenets of the french revolutionliberty, equality, and fraternitybut that hardly begins to explain their enigmatic beauty and rich humanity. With derek jarman, tilda swinton, john quentin, nigel terry.
Loved the expert use of colors in this film especially blue obviously and this only enhances the idea that the world is filled with beacons that point us in certain directions no matter how hard we try to avoid them. Blue stars the brilliant juliette binoche as a woman whose husband and child are killed in a car accident from which. Blue, white, and red are the colours of the french flag in lefttoright order, and the story of each film is loosely based on one of the three political ideals in the motto of the french. Our take the three colors trilogy was an arthouse staple in the 1990s, and the films hold up 20 years later as complex, emotionally resonant, and visually beguiling tales of contemporary europe. Krzysztof kieslowski interview for three colours blue. Blue is a film that engages the mind, challenges the senses, implores a resolution, and tells, with aesthetic. Blue came out half a year after the maastricht treaty was signed, transforming the european community into the european union. Despondent, julie attempts suicide, but she cannot bring herself to take her own life. The film surrounds a widow who lost her child and husband in a car accident, it shows her life after the event. Kieslowski evokes this with lush dissonance between visual segments, cuts and fades. After he completed red 1994, the final film in his three colors trilogy, krzysztof kieslowski announced that he would retire. Blue is the first of three films that comprise the three colours trilogy, themed on the french revolutionary ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. Red may look like your typical film by way of how it tackles love and existence at different viewpoints, sometimes in bliss, sometimes in pain.
Blue 1993 franceswitzerland poland 100 mins prod co. That innocence was gone by the time binoche completed louis malles damage 1992 aka fatale. Niebieski is a 1993 french drama film directed and cowritten by polish filmmaker krzysztof kieslowski. Jun 08, 2011 exploring kieslowskis three colors trilogy. After he completed red 1994, the final film in his three colors trilogy. Malle was trying direct and wanted something more sophisticated.
Mk2 productions sa ceo productionsfrance 3 cinemacab productions tor productions prod. Norman holland on krzysztof kieslowski, three colors. These videos show my appreciation and to help introduce in order to watch these fullhd and complete. Most remarkably, the use of the color blue in the settings, objects, and wardrobe of the film creates an otherworldly quality for the viewer. When a young frenchwoman tries to uncover her famous composer husbands secret life, her steps take her alternately closer to and further from the truth on a journey that ultimately leads to self. What is the exact moral about the movie three colors blue. Bleu, the first installment in krzysztof kieslowskis trilogy inspired by the french tricolor, falls short of the mystical perfection that characterized the.
The films theme of liberty is manifested in julies attempt to start life anew, free of personal commitments, belongings, grief or love. Mavi trailer krzysztof kieslowski, krzysztof piesiewicz, juliette binoche, zbigniew zamachowski, julie delpy izlenecekfilm 7. Three colors blue 1993 full movie video dailymotion. Second, of the three films, this one is a more complete realization of kieslowskis theme. Blue 1993 2003 mk2 productions samiramax buena vista film rating.
The trilogy takes its name from the colours of the french flag and its themes from the ideals represented by those colours. The three colors trilogy was an arthouse staple in the 1990s, and the films hold up 20 years later as complex, emotionally resonant, and visually beguiling tales of contemporary europe. Red 1994 the trilogy wiki has a lovely description of the symbolism of these colours. The first chapter in polish filmmaker krzysztof kieslowskis three colors trilogy, blue stars juliette binoche as julie, the lone survivor of an automobile crash that killed her husband, a famed composer, and their only child. In blue 1993, juliette binoche plays a young woman whose. Three colors trilogy 19931994 bluray digipak krzysztof kieslowski the criterion collection. Jul 10, 20 when a young frenchwoman tries to uncover her famous composer husbands secret life, her steps take her alternately closer to and further from the truth on a journey that ultimately leads to self. Blue, the first of krzysztof kieslowskis colors trilogy white and red have recently been completed. In an interview after the film was released, binoche said. Film education is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Krzysztof kieslowski juliette binoche, benoit regent, florence pernel. The amount of painstaking effort and detail that he put into these three. All three were cowritten by kieslowski and krzysztof piesiewicz with story consultants agnieszka holland and. Blue is the first of three films that comprise the three colours trilogy, themed on the french. Blue is the story of julie who loses her husband, an acclaimed european composer and her young daughter in a car accident. To say that i am looking forward to the rest of the three colors trilogy would be an understatement. Cant wait to see the other two films in this trilogy. Bleu 1993, france, subtitled study notes directed by. Krzysztof kieslowskis three colors trilogy is probably my personal favorite and one of the most consistently perfect trilogies ever created. The film s theme of liberty is manifested in julies attempt to start life anew, free of personal commitments, belongings, grief or love. It is his final feature film, released four months before his death from aidsrelated complications.
Blue add to watchlist the first of director krzysztof kie. The first part, blue, is a story of death and rebirth, with a tourdeforce performance by juliette binoche. Blue is the first movie in krzysztof kieslowskis trilogy loosely based on the french tricouleur, blue, white, and red, standing for liberte, egalite, and fraternite. Bleu is a film that is full of emotional, artistic, and intellectual depth.
You would think those would be bigtime plus values. Meanwhile, a red fourwheel drive pulls away from opposite chez joseph, driven by a young man auguste who lives directly across from valentine, but wont meet her until the film s last, extraordinary sequence that pulls all the threads of the three movies together with a yank. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. Liberty, equality and fraternity are the themes of krzysztof kieslowskis trilogy, three colours.
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