Blue is a 1993 french drama film directed and cowritten by polish filmmaker. Blue 1993 julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Blue is the first in the three colors trilogy, themed on the french revolutionary ideals. They struggle to push the bottle into the bin because the opening is just out of reach for them. Blue is the first of three films that comprise the three colours trilogy, themed on the french revolutionary ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. Be it binoches obsession with her childs old mobile or the pool in which she swims laps as a way to exercise her demons. The amount of painstaking effort and detail that he put into these three films is. 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 republic. Bleu is a 1993 french film cowritten, produced, and directed by the acclaimed polish director krzysztof kieslowski. Blue stars the brilliant juliette binoche as a woman whose husband and child are killed in a car accident from which. After he completed red 1994, the final film in his three colors trilogy, krzysztof kieslowski announced that he would retire. It was the retirement of a magician, a prospero who was now content to lay aside his artto read and smoke.
This boldly cinematic trio of stories about love and loss, from krzysztof kieslowski was a defining event of the arthouse boom of the 1990s. Blue is a 1993 french drama film directed and cowritten by polish filmmaker krzysztof kieslowski. But blue is more than just a blistering study of grief. A model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading peoples privacy.
A woman juliette binoche loses her composer husband and child in a tragic accident and must learn to deal with her drastically. The three colors trilogy is an amazing, radical approach to film. 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. The blue theme fits with the depression and the mood which hangs over the movie. The idea of the three colors in the trilogy, which symbolize the three colors of frenchs flag, also represents the meaning of each. The trilogy went on to win a total of eight awards at various high profile film festivals, such as the berlin and venice film festivals, and. Set in paris, the film is about a woman whose husband. Nov 09, 2011 three colours blue has juliette binoche as the wife of a prominent european composer, who goes into a mourning which denies everything about her old life, when a hideous car crash kills both her. Kieslowski showcases a level of deep, thoughtprovoking unmatched by most other films. Blue shows your sorrow, when at concealing, you fail. Blue is the story of julie who loses her husband, an acclaimed composer and her young daughter in a car accident. In the years 1993 and 1994 polish director krzysztof kieslowski released a trilogy of three films released in english as three colors. Blue, the first of krzysztof kieslowskis colors trilogy white and red have recently been completed, marking the directors farewell to the industry, as he has announced his retirement, is a powerful motion picture both in terms of its dramatic impact and in its method of presentation. What is the exact moral about the movie three colors blue.
All images and subtitles are ed to their respectful owners unless stated otherwise. The films theme of liberty is manifested in julies attempt to start life anew free. The first part of kieslowskis trilogy on frances national motto. 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. As with the treatment of the ten commandments in dekalog, the illustration of these principles is often ambiguous and. Mar 31, 2016 the three colors trilogy is an amazing, radical approach to film. Each film in the three colors trilogy features a scene showing an elderly passerby try to push a glass bottle into a large recycling bin. In blue, this passerby isnt noticed by the main character, who is grieving but also finding a new form of individually, in a movie about liberation. Please criterion a short film about love on blu ray. Blue is the story of julie who loses her husband, an acclaimed european composer and her young daughter in a car accident. 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.
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 fraternity. Instead of the dark, somber tone adopted blue, this film aims for something lighter. According to kieslowski, the subject of the film is liberty, specifically emotional liberty, rather than its social or political meaning. Despondent, julie attempts suicide, but she cannot bring herself to take her own life. Krzysztof kieslowski juliette binoche, benoit regent, florence pernel. Blue is the first of three films that comprise the three. White, the second chapter of krzysztof kieslowskis three colors trilogy, is different from blue in more ways than the color it centers on and the ideals represented. A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child. The films theme of liberty is manifested in julies attempt to. This is a subtle reference to the structure of the three colours trilogy blue, white, red, in that order, mirroring the french flag.
Blue is one of those little movies that grows on you. 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. Available on itunes the first part of kieslowskis trilogy on frances national motto. Blue add to watchlist the first of director krzysztof kie.
In blue 1993, juliette binoche plays a young woman whose husband and child are killed in a car crash. Blue is a film that engages the mind, challenges the senses, implores a resolution, and tells, with aesthetic. The three colours trilogy is the collective title of three films directed by krzysztof kieslowski. For the uninitiated, krzysztof kieslowskis three colours trilogy was made backtoback in 1993, following the success of his double life of veronique. Blue stars the brilliant juliette binoche as a woman whose husband and child are killed in a. With irene jacob, jeanlouis trintignant, frederique feder, jeanpierre lorit. In another scene, children in red and white bathing suits run out and jump in the blue swimming pool. Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Krzysztof kieslowskis three colors trilogy is probably my personal favorite and one of the most consistently perfect trilogies ever created. Red 1994 the trilogy wiki has a lovely description of the symbolism of these colours. Visually stunning with a pitch perfect score, the opening film of kieslowskis acclaimed three colors trilogy and first entry into his filmography is an utter marvel for the eyes, the senses, and the heart.
In blue, the first of the three color trilogy, polish filmmaker kieslowski tackled unabashedly spiritual and existential issues through the graceful presence of french actress juliette binoche. The three colors trilogy is among films greatest trilogies. Red 1994, notionally colourschemed in the manner of the french flag, and again, notionally. A subtly complex film about the intersections of relationships and how people can influence one another. Instead, she sets about starting over, purging all remnants of her former. Im having some serious trouble rating this movie against blue, the first movie in kieslowskis three colors trilogy, though i think that red does beat out blue in terms of character and thematic drive. 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. With juliette binoche, zbigniew zamachowski, julie delpy, benoit regent.