The Three Colors Trilogy
This boxed set contains all three parts of Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's THREE COLORS trilogy, RED, WHITE, and BLUE, which represent the three colors of the French flag and the French national motto. The films also represent the great Kieslowski's last as a director and do not disappoint, forming a trilogy will stand forever as one of cinema’s most profound achievements.
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Liked Blue and White and waiting for Red!! - Mano
Both Blue and White are very fine films. Such a talented director and very fine cast. Music and photography are superb too. Nice themes. Great attention to details.
master at work and one has to watch this man's creations.
I plan to rent Two lives of Veronique as well.Blue is for Melancholy - InaMirrorDimly
I loved this first episode of the Three Colors trilogy. Although blue represents the French Revolution ideal of liberty, the director's ingenious use of the color blue throughout the movie had a captivating sense of melancholy. The attentive viewer is drawn to experience first hand the pain and grief of this widow devestated by the tragic loss of her husband. But most impressive was the virtue of grace, demonstated repeatedly in the movie by the protagonist, made all the more powerful when offered through the pain of grief and loss. This is a beautiful story about turning pain into grace instead of bitterness. I can't wait to watch the next two episodes in this trilogy!Three Colors: White - Lone_Wolf
White is the odd child in the family of Three Colors. It is often misunderstood, overlooked, and is quite different than its siblings. It is almost a dark comedy, where as the Blue and Red are a bit more dramatic. It might be that this is a dark comedy because the many character is simply pathetic however. He can’t keep his wife (or even consummate his marriage), he has to smuggle himself in an airplane (only to become lost luggage to his misfortune), and someone attempts to frame him for setting his wife’s hair salon on fire. Like I said, a bit pathetic.
But as the story progresses we learn more and more about the main character, and grow closer to him. His character develops and we begin to relate to his many plights, and can understand why he wants to do certain things, such as exact revenge on his wife. When our anti hero makes a new, but very depressed friend, things get very interesting and the story becomes much more serious. In one of my favourite scenes of the entire Colors trilogy, Karol (the main character), proves that he is actually a very compassionate and understanding human being. He might be a bit dimwitted and tends to get himself in embarrassing situations, but that doesn’t mean he is a bad human being.
But the center of the film, in the end, is Karol. Since White does such a fantastic job with setting up the many darkly humorous situations and scenes and showing what sort of sad things poor Karol has to deal with. But it also does a very great job at gradually developing the character and the supporting characters, as well as the themes. It’s both (darkly) funny, and very thematic. To top it all off are the beautiful visuals which accompany Karol throughout his misadventure and his gradual growth and understanding of the world and of love and of hate. As I said before, White is a lot like Karol – over looked and misunderstood – but that doesn’t keep it from being an exceptional film.
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Liked Blue and White and waiting for Red!! - Mano
Both Blue and White are very fine films. Such a talented director and very fine cast. Music and photography are superb too. Nice themes. Great attention to details.
master at work and one has to watch this man's creations.
I plan to rent Two lives of ...Blue is for Melancholy - InaMirrorDimly
I loved this first episode of the Three Colors trilogy. Although blue represents the French Revolution ideal of liberty, the director's ingenious use of the color blue throughout the movie had a captivating sense of melancholy. The attentive viewer is drawn ...Three Colors: White - Lone_Wolf
White is the odd child in the family of Three Colors. It is often misunderstood, overlooked, and is quite different than its siblings. It is almost a dark comedy, where as the Blue and Red are a bit more dramatic. It might be that this is a dark comedy because ...