Three Colors Trilogy (Blue / White / Red)
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Movie Reviews of Three Colors Trilogy (Blue / White / Red)
Movie Review: Trois Couleurs
Summary: 5 Stars
I can not stress enough how important it is for any lover of cinema to have this volume of Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy in their library. Each movie explores the themes of the French flag: Blue/Liberty, White/Equality, and Red/Fraternity, with the mood of each film heavily influenced by the respective colors. Kieslowski's direction, the Preisner scores and the acting talents of Binoche et al take these films to a whole new standard of filmmaking.
Movie Review: Essential cinema: Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Three Colours Trilogy.'
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the most critically acclaimed film cycles ever made, Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's (1941-1996) Three Colours Trilogy is the collective title of three celluloid poems, Three Colours: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu) (1993), Three Colours: White (1994), and Three Colours: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) (1994), and somewhat loosely based on the colours of the French flag in left-to-right order, which represent the three political ideals of the French Republic: liberty, equality, fraternity. Although each film of the trilogy stands on its own, the films should be watched as a series, and the collected three-film set is worth the investment.
Set in Paris, Three Colors: Blue (French: Trois Couleurs: Bleu) tells the story of Julie (Juliette Binoche), a woman who survives a car accident that killed her husband and child. Although she attempts to disassociate herself from her past, her friendships, and her family bonds, thereby isolating herself in emptiness, Julie's life in Paris forces her to liberate herself emotionally, starting her life again with new self worth. Mesmerizing Binoche brings a stunning performance to the film.
In the opening scene in Three Colors: White (French: Trois couleurs: Blanc) Juliette Binoche (playing Julie from "Blue") briefly enters a courtroom by accident. "White" is a black comedy that tells the story of an immigrant, Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), who finds himself in a Paris divorce court after he is unable to consummate his marriage with his wife Dominique (tres sexy Julie Delpy). Unable to understand French, Karol listens in confusion as the judge explains his wife does not love him anymore. After Karol loses his wife, his means of support (a beauty salon), and his money, while performing songs for spare change in a Paris Métro station, he is befriended by another Pole, Mikoaj (Janusz Gajos). Mikoaj is suicidal and offers to pay Karol to kill him. Still brooding over his wife's abandonment, Karol plots to win back Dominique only as a means to get even with her (equality).
Set in Geneva, the final film of the Trilogy, Three Colors: Red (French: Trois Couleurs: Rouge), tells the story of a naïve university student and part-time model, Valentine (luminous Irène Jacob), who befriends a lonely retired judge, Joseph Kern (Jean-Louis Trintignant), after accidentally injuring his dog. Through their platonic friendship, Kern reveals his personal history involving betrayal to Valentine. Meanwhile, Valentine's neighbor, Auguste (Jean-Pierre Lorit), suffers a similar betrayal by his girlfriend, Karin (Frederique Feder)--the same type of betrayal that turned Kern into a bitter recluse obsessed with eavesdropping on his neighbors. The film trilogy ends with a ferry disaster, in which only Valentine, Auguste, Julie (from "Blue") and Karol and Dominique (from "White") are the only survivors (fraternity).
The Three Colours Trilogy ranks among my all-time personal film favorites, and it consistently ranks in critical top-ten movie lists. Highly recommended.
G. Merritt
Movie Review: For those who love movies .
Summary: 5 Stars
Each film can stand alone as a success in its own right , but as a trilogy they reach a level which few directors have reached before . It is easy to go into detail about every aspect of the writing , acting , directing and production values , but these films should be view without any preconceptions and enjoyed as stories well told with interlocking themes which hold the viewers attention until the last frame .
Buy and enjoy !
Movie Review: Colors - spelt Colours
Summary: 5 Stars
Three tales set in different circumstances. A kind of Film Noir of personal relationships with life, loves, work and sex. In point of fact - the trails and tribulations of someone else's lives. What the French are good at - philosophising about stains on a bathroom towel.
Some of the nuance is lost in the sub-titles.
Nonetheless, these three films are well worth watching. Great stuff. Have some tissues standing by and a good bottle of malt whiskey to boot. The journeys take you to tears and highs.
Movie Review: Why?
Summary: 5 Stars
Why is there a 7th person on the wreched yacht at the end? Who is this person? What is their importance to the overall story arc? I don't understand why there are 7 people, and not just the 6 main characters...
Someone please explain, I have looked everywhere for a reason and have found none...
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