White (Three Colors Trilogy)
by Krzysztof Kieslowski, Piotr Studzinski
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Actor: Jerzy Braszka, Julie Delpy, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Maria Janiec, Zbigniew ZamachowskiDirector: Krzysztof Kieslowski, Piotr Studzinski
Brand: BUENA VISTA HOME VIDEO
Writer: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Writer: Agnieszka Holland
Writer: Edward Klosinski
Writer: Edward Zebrowski
Writer: Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Writer: Marcin Latallo
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Polish (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-03-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of White (Three Colors Trilogy)
Movie Review: The French Virtue of Equality? This Movie is about Equal to a Vin Diesel Movie
Summary: 1 Stars
I'd been meaning to see these movies for years and I am extremely disappointed. A couple months later, I don't remember what happened in Bleu. I saw White a few days ago and laughed frequently - not at the humor but at the sheer absurdity of the plot developments. This was some of the laziest screen writing I can remember seeing in a movie that was not an action movie.
For example, the main character, who is a hair dresser of all professions, double crosses a pair of mobsters he works with, on a land deal. Not only do they not beat the s$#@ out of him, they actually pay him 10 times what he paid for the land - though a couple of minutes earlier they had said that they expected to make 3 times their investment. Those numbers don't add up. Sloppy, sloppy. It also doesn't say where he came up with a shoebox full of money to buy the land. Did he steal it, save it, find it? Leaving details like this out aren't artistic, they're just lazy!
Then he starts a big import/export business with this money and money from a friend but he misses Dominique oh so much. So, rather than trying to win her back now that he's got his mojo back, he decides to fake his own death and go to Hong Kong and then frame Dominique for his murder - or something? I wasn't clear what exactly was going on or what he hoped to accomplish. And I didn't care in the slightest. I just wanted the movie to be over so that I could do something more productive - like watch a sitcom.
Actors often talk about finding their motivation when acting. Screenwriters and storytellers must do the same or they create plots and characters that fail at entertainment and symbolism. This movie is rife with characters making decisions that aren't consistent with basic human motivations.
I don't think I want to watch the third installment.
Summary of White (Three Colors Trilogy)
A seductive story of love and obsession, WHITE won nationwide critical acclaim for its intoxicating blend of eroticism and intrigue. Directed by acclaimed director Krzysztof Kieslowski (BLUE, RED, THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE), and featuring sexy Julie Delpy (TV's ER, THE THREE MUSKETEERS, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS), WHITE is the mysterious tale of a man whose life disintegrates when his beautiful wife of six months deserts him. Forced to begin anew, he rebuilds his life, only to plan a dangerous scheme of vengeance against her! Winner of the Best Director Award at the Berlin Film Festival, WHITE is a story of dark, illicit passions -- one of the year's most provocative big-screen releases!White is the second of witty Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowki's "three colors" trilogy Blue, White, and Red--the three colors of the French flag, symbolizing liberty, equality, and fraternity. White is an ironic comedy brimming over with the hard laughs of despair, ecstasy, ambition, and longing played in a minor key.
Down-and-out Polish immigrant Karol Karol is desperate to get out of France. He's obsessed with his French soon-to-be ex-wife (Before Sunrise's Julie Delpy), his French bank account is frozen, and he's fed up with the inequality of it all. Penniless, he convinces a fellow Pole to smuggle him home in a suitcase--which then gets stolen from the airport. The unhappy thieves beat him and dump him in a snowy rock pit. Things can only get better, right? The story evolves into a wickedly funny antiromance, an inverse Romeo and Juliet. Because it's in two foreign languages, the dialogue can be occasionally hard to follow, but some of the most genuinely funny and touching moments need no verbal explanation. --Grant Balfour
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