Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours Trilogy

I love the humor in "White", and I suppose that's my favorite of the trilogy.

The conclusion of "Red" is remarkably hokey, and I can't believe that Kieślowski felt that something so improbable and cliched was a way to end an otherwise great cycle of films.

Just finished watching Blue, and really enjoyed the portait of a woman trying to free herself from the aftermath of tragedy by freeing herself from everything, before coming to realise that her freedom can only come through acceptance and not denial of life. Binoche is her usual brilliant self, bringing a depth and intelligence to her character. Some lovely visual stuff in the movie, from the colour scheme to the shots of reflections in eyes, and music is used to wonderful effect, the swelling music used over the montage of the people Julie has touched at the end (in spite of her efforts to isolate herself) complements the scene perfectly. Will definitely be watching White and Red in short order.

The film also makes me think of the micro-budgeted movies thread- it's cliche and obvious, but this is a great example of a movie that relies on strong writing, directing and acting talent, not a budget.

From the interview with Binoche on the Blue disc, referring to the decision over whether to do Blu or Jurassic Park:

'I would have preferred to play a dinosaur than one of the human beings he wanted in the film'

Although to be fair she also says it would have been fun to work with Spielberg.

Red's the odd duck for me, as I never found Valentine's problems as interesting as the ones facing White or Blue's main characters, but I still really like it.

I looked for this thread last month. Dumb of me to not try the 'u' spelling.

BLUE's my favorite of RED and BLUE. I haven't seen white. Not only is it intellectually stimulating, but emotionally pretty powerful. The inventive use of music is really great.

RED defeated me. As a fan of Tarkovsky and Dreyer I didn't expect to be baffled, but it took the supplements for me to finally get what Kieslowski aimed for. That usually never happens. Usually I can suss it out myself. Plus it was the first of the trio that I saw, so the ending made no sense. A ferry crash comes out of nowhere and that's supposed to solve the relationship b/w the dog owner and her? What? And why did he include that young judge finding his cheating lover? Again, the supplements helped.

Possibly should go in the double features thread, but I want more people to see this:-

Blue works really well in conjunction with A Single Man, as a look at dealing with grief and the ways people cope/ move on. I'm wondering how much of an influence Blue was on Ford, because there are definite echoes.

Yeah, decalogue is amazing, especially the first one.