With the appearance of red cannes, may 1994, the final episode in his three colors trilogy, kieslowski exceeds himself with a film even better than his disturbing and haunting blue venice film festival, september 1993 and the amusing but deeply touching white berlin film festival, february 1994. Kieslowski had announced that this would be his final film, which proved true with the. The three colors trilogy are two french films and one polish film in french. The second film in director krzysztof kieslowskis three colors trilogy is the simplest and most. Bialy is a 1994 polish film cowritten, produced, and directed by krzysztof kieslowski. Krzysztof kieslowski directed all three films in the trilogy, blue, white, and red, in less than ten months from september 1992 to may 1993. Decalogue krzysztof kieslowski, 1989, three colors. Blue is the color of liberty white stands for equality, red for fraternity, but it is also the color of sorrow, and here julie is swimming in grief. Set in paris, warsaw, and geneva, and ranging from tragedy to comedy, blue, white, and red kieslowskis final film examine with artistic clarity a group of ambiguously interconnected people experiencing profound personal disruptions. White is a polish film in polish and french with english subtitles. It is the final film of the three colors trilogy, which examines the french revolutionary ideals. Decalogue krzysztof kieslowski, 1989, three colors trilogy.
After completing 1994s red, the third and final installment of his celebrated three colors trilogy, director krzysztof kieslowski announced an early retirement at 53, much to the dismay of his admirers around the world. Though he died shortly afterward, leaving traces of another highconcept trilogy behind himthe first, heaven, was faithfully adapted last year by tom tykwerthe final. In french, romanian and polish with english subtitles. Irene jacob and jeanlouis trintignant in the 1994 film red. Red received nominations for best director, best original screenplay and best cinematography at the 67th academy awards.
The films, cowritten by kieslowski and krzysztof piesiewicz, with whom he wrote the epic dekalog cycle, explore the french revolutionary ideals of freedom, equality and brotherhood and their relevance to the. White, red was written by the director himself and krzysztof piesiewicz. The three colours trilogy is the collective title of three films directed by krzysztof kieslowski, two made in french and one primarily in polish. The three colors trilogy blue, white, red dvd bluray directed by krzysztof kieslowski starring julie delpy, juliette binoche, irene jacob the criterion collection release date. In these films, based on the colors of the french flag and the principles of liberty, equality and fraternitythe. According to kieslowski, the subject of the film is liberty, specifically emotional liberty, rather than its social or political meaning. In white, a polish immigrant hairdresser in paris, karol, is being divorced from dominique julie delpy because he cannot satisfy her sexually. Based on the french tricolor of blue, white, and red, kieslowski the double life of veronique uses these colors as. The three colors trilogy are two french films and one polish film in french, the trilogy is known as trois couleurs, but i will stick to english names for consistency from the mind of. In the years 1993 and 1994 polish director krzysztof kieslowski released a trilogy of three films released in english as three colors. Karol karol zbigniew zamachowski is a polish hairdresser who is thrownout by his french wife dominique julie delpy. The hapless hairdresser opts to leave paris for his native warsaw when his wife julie delpy sues him for divorce her reason. The film introduces us to valentine played by the glowingly real irene jacob, a beautiful and innocent swiss model and student, who at first glance seems to be happy until one night she accidentally runs over a dog. With beautiful cinematography and a story that ties the previous kieslowski films blue and white together.
Krzysztof kieslowskis three colors trilogy revisited. After he completed red 1994, the final film in his three colors trilogy. It was the retirement of a magician, a prospero who was now content to lay aside his artto read. In the devastating first film of the three colors trilogy, juliette binoche gives a. The ending of red was the first scene shot in the entire trilogy. Blue for liberty, white for equality, and red for fraternity. It was the retirement of a magician, a prospero who was now content to lay aside his artto read and smoke.
Here, he offers a rhapsody in blue and white and red. White is the second part of polish filmmaker kieslowskis threecolor trilogy. Blue, white, and red are the colours of the french flag in lefttoright order, and the story of each film is loosely based on. You dont have to live in new york city to appreciate the charms of the museum of the moving images new, careerspanning trailer chronicling the works of polish. On march 16, 2010, it appeared in the south by southwest. Blue, white is a more plotoriented movie, with two main characters to blues one. In white, polish immigrant and born loser karol karol is divorced by his sexy. The film is the second series in the three colours trilogy which started with the film blue and ends with red. The first film, blue, begins with a car crash on a remote highway, witnessed by a teenage boy who will later make contact with the only. The film was selected as the polish entry for the best foreign language film at the 67th academy awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. White is the second in the three colors trilogy, themed on the french.
Krzysztof kieslowskis three colors trilogy the piercing tragedy of blue, the sharp comedy of white and the lasting resonance of red screens at the egyptian. Blue, white and red, krzysztof kieslowski, krzystof piesiewicz, danusia stok translator, krzystof pieiewicz the three colours trilogy is the collective title of three films directed by krzysztof kieslowski, two made in french, and one primarily in polish. It was featured in several american film festivals. They are the colors of the french flag, of course, and they are appropriated by director krzysztof kieslowski along with the themes of the motto they more or less represent. When krzysztof kieslowskis red was nominated for three oscars in 1995, it seemed to ratify a certain attitude toward the polish directors three.
A film score guide scarecrow film score guides updated edition by nicholas w. True to its name, blue is a film drenched in melancholy and grief, following the life of julie juliette binoche who has suffered the tragedy of losing her husband, a famous composer, and daughter in a car accident and is now trying desperately to liberate herself from her previous. Blue is a 1993 french drama film directed and cowritten by polish filmmaker krzysztof kieslowski. Krzysztof kieslowski from the late master krzysztof kieslowski, the three colors trilogy constitutes one whole and continuous gesture a brilliant meditation on loss, suffering, solitude and hope.
As with the kieslowski trilogy s prior two films, three colors. White is the second in the three colours trilogy, themed on the french revolutionary ideals, following blue and preceding red. Blue is the story of julie who loses her husband, an acclaimed composer and her young daughter in a car accident. Set in paris, the film is about a woman whose husband. The titles of the three colors trilogy were inspired by the three colors of the french flag and loosely correlated to the three ideals included in the french motto liberty, equality, and. Each film would focus on a different theme those themes being liberty, equality, and fraternity and use a different cinematographer from his previous projects. Blue, white and red have been acclaimed as masterpieces by critics and audiences the world over. Each of the films appropriately named blue, white and red.
Blues theme of liberty, the first word of frances motto, is an individuals principle, while whites theme of equality, the french mottos second word, requires at. Krzystof kieslowskis three colors trilogy earned him the deserved reputation as one of the worlds premier film makers independent. Krzysztof kieslowski, director of the decalogue and recent blue white red trilogy, looks at love, politics, religion and meaning in life before and after film. All three were cowritten by kieslowski and krzysztof piesiewicz and have musical scores by zbigniew preisner. On march 27, 2010 it appeared in the boston underground film festival. The most overlooked film in krzysztof kieslowskis three colors trilogy is actually the best. After he completed red 1994, the final film in his three colors trilogy, krzysztof kieslowski announced that he would retire. The unique cinematic magic of krzysztof kieslowskis. His goal was to create a trilogy of films based on the three colors of the french flag. White is the middle film in his trilogy based on the colors of the french flag, coming between blue, which was about a woman coming to grips with the death of her husband, and the forthcoming red, about a woman whose accidental friendship with a judge leads to profound changes in her life. Blue, white and red are the names of the movies and in my opinion theyre some of the finest, sophisticated movies ever made, or at least that ive ever seen. Three colors trilogy dvd, 2003, 3disc set for sale. You suggested we ask kieslowski scholar nicholas reyland to tell us what to listen out for while watching krzysztof kieslowskis trilogy.
Criticallyacclaimed trilogy of french polish drama films directed by krzysztof kieslowski also the director of the decalogue, blind chance, and the double life of veronique, and released in relatively close proximity to each other in 1993 1994 they are named after the three colors in the french flag. There is a sequence in white 1994 where his hero, a polish. Three colors trilogy dvd, 2003, 3disc set red white blue rare sealed free shp. Red 1994, notionally colourschemed in the manner of the french flag, and again, notionally structured.
Czerwony is a 1994 film cowritten, produced, and directed by polish filmmaker krzysztof kieslowski. It is a brilliant film, with the depth of blue, the pathos of white, and character definitions superior to both, as red follows the parallel lives of a small group of people in. This boxed set contains all three parts of polish director krzysztof kieslowskis three colors trilogy, red, white, and blue, which represent the three colors of the french flag and the french national motto. In contrast to the reflective meditation of blue, three colours white, with the theme of equality is a much more lighthearted film, a quite funny black comedy that sets it apart from the other two films in the trilogy. Blue is the first of three films that comprise the three colours trilogy, themed on the french revolutionary ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. The films are named for the colors of the french flag and stand for the tenets of the. The second film in director krzysztof kieslowskis three colors trilogy is. In white 1994, an immigrant polish hairdresser in paris, karol, is being acrimoniously divorced from dominique julie delpy because he. Its no secret that the three colours trilogy, in the literal sense of blue, white and red, is an extended homage to a country kieslowski came to love. Three colors blue is the first part of polish director krzysztof kieslowskis three colors trilogy blue is set in france, white in poland and red in. Sometimes if the film is good enough and its story told well, a character or image will lodge in the imagination like a splinter, making us wonder and think, pondering its meaning. In this french polish trilogy, each film represents not only a different color of the french flag, but one of the three words in the french motto. From the salmonpink bubble gum valentine chews for a billboard shoot, to the scarlet background of the poster, to the crimson cherries in the slot machine, red stays on message. The three colors trilogy is among films greatest trilogies, and.
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