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Plot: First of a trilogy of films dealing with contemporary French society concerns how a composer deals with the death of her husband and child.
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MCT:July 21, 2008Fotografia boa. De resto: fraco. Típica tentativa de soar artístico. Roteiro foge da realidade, afinal de contas, que mulher traída simplesmente agiria da forma que a personagem da Binoche? "Ah, queridinha, você foi a amante do meu marido durante anos, mas mesmo assim, que isso, quero te ajudar, vamos ser amigas".
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MCT:July 10, 2008
I wasn't quite sure what to make of "Blue" for about the first half of the film. Aesthetically, it was absolutely beautiful and the cinematography was just so wonderful... but, it's so off the wall! Today, "innovation" is defined by these incredibly leaps of style in films that may look pretty, but completely leave the viewer unsatisfied. However, among many things in the film, the subtle "fade to black mid-scene" technique Kieslowski uses is one of the most powerful and unique transitions i've ever seen. And I haven't seen it since. This film is an absolute marriage of music and images, by the end it almost feels like you're watching some sort of music video. So, while I was not feeling my first taste of Kieslowski right away... i've got to say that right after it was finished I had to add a whole bunch of his work to my NetFlix queue. This was, in many ways, a masterpiece.
Before the film starts, we get the impression that Julie (Juliette Binoche) had everything. However, shortly after, it's all taken away in a horrific car crash - leaving her husband and daughter dead. Her method of grief isn't exactly textbook. She sells her house, burns her composer husband's work, and takes off to live in seclusion. She becomes so intimately invested into her own small world - caring more about a sugar cube absorbing coffee than the people who are trying to be with her. This, the first of Kieslowski's "Three Color" trilogy, is about liberty - but not in a political sense, it's a completely personal liberty. However, in a way this becomes ironic. By becoming "free" and distancing herself from the world around her, she ends up more trapped than she was to begin with.
Juliette Binoche delivers a completely memorable one-woman show. For a script that's fairly void of dialogue, Juliette is demanded to convey her emotions all through expression and body movement. Thankfully, she does a wonderful job. At times you feel horrible for her, such as at the beginning of the film. However, for a woman with such soft and delicate features, she certainly can be intimidating. We don't ever really like Julie all that much because she almost comes off as "rude" and "hard" to everyone, even when her actions are nice. For instance, there's a scene where she gives her house to her husband's mistress, and by her body language you'd think she was giving her nothing but a big sock in the nose. Her range is seemingly unlimited, and it at all times makes for a completely interesting and multi-dimensional character.
Two men that should be held on an equal level to Juliette's contributions are Krzysztof Kieslowski and director of photography Slwomir Idziak. Kieslowski almost comes off as a madman in his obsession for perfection. There's a special feature on the DVD in which he explains that they had to search for a sugar cube that would absorb coffee in exactly 5 seconds - nothing else would do. 8 seconds is far too long. This attention to specific detail, matched with interesting and beautiful shots by Idziak, is an absolutely wonderful combination. The scenes in the pool are some of the most visually stunning images you'll ever see.
Color, of course, is a big factor in this film. And well, you guessed it, blue is the main player. Blue seems to work it's way into every frame, and it's always a dominating color. While this may seem like a hindrance to the film or some sort of "gimmick", it's actually very powerful. Not only does it constantly remind us of "liberty", blue's calming nature makes this film almost come off as a meditation. Between the deep blues, classical music, and completely smooth and fluid editing it really takes you into the film's world. This is completely enveloping.
For a film that's simply about coping with the loss of a loved one, this is surprisingly original and and at all times unique. This is such an intimate character study, however the beauty of it is that we never feel we're "inside" the main character. We get her, and we get why she's doing what she's doing - but at all times we feel like we're on the outside. It's a film that's incredibly personal and quiet, but distances itself from the viewer to the point where it becomes more of an exploration of human nature more than a melodramatic narrative. I cannot wait to see "White" and "Red". -
MCT:July 9, 2008
A movie of immense emotional power. Binoche gives her finest performances in this tale of loss, grief and rebirth.
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MCT:May 7, 2008Worth seeing, though I don't believe it's anywhere near as good as I've heard it was over the years. There's enough going on on a subtle level that managed to keep me interested throughout.
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MCT:April 29, 2008
really remarkable film. one of the best depictions of what amounts to an internal conflict. Binoche is absolutely perfect.
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MCT:April 19, 2008
A sombre, meditative film about coping with not only death, but the anxiety and confusion that rises from having absolute freedom from everyone and everything except yourself.
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MCT:April 17, 2008c'est tres bien!!
Now I have only one thing left to do: nothing. I don't want any belongings, any memories. No friends, no love. Those are all traps. -
MCT:April 8, 2008
now this is what a Hollywood film should look, feel, sound like - but Hollywood doesn't know how to make films that are this stylish, this atmospheric, this good. White and Red reviews to follow.
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MCT:March 29, 2008
It is amazing to me that from the brief blurb on Netflix all the way to the extended essay by Roger Ebert, it is hard to find any commentary which does not mention that blue is the first color on the French flag and is equated with liberty. Now this is true, of course, but what if I happened to see Krzysztof Kieslowski's Blue without any of this prior knowledge. Would I be able to understand the film anyway? I hope so.
What if you were considered to be a world-class composer, and what if you suddenly died in a car accident with your most anticipated work half finished? Well, such is the case in this film, except for the fact that it is actually your wife who has composed all of the music, she has survived the accident, and she is now faced with a dilemma. She wants to finish the work, but she has no "famous" husband through whom she can present the completed concerto. Will the world accept that she has been the real composer all along, that her husband was just a front for her genius? Three guesses and two don't count.
In the aftermath of her husband's and daughter's deaths, Binoche attempts to leave her life behind her. In this flight to freedom from the past, she abandons her home and her work, seeking refuge in a new life of anonymity in an apartment somewhere in downtown Paris. No one knows who she is here, and no one from her past knows where she has gone. But all good things must come to an end. She is discovered by her husband's musical partner, and in order to complete the great concerto that she feels she must finish, she gives up her freedom, her liberty, if you will -- note how I drag in the obligatory word "liberty" -- and returns to her home and the arms of her husband's partner -- who knows that she is the true composer. Binoche sacrifices her freedom in order to have the concerto presented, not as her own work, but as the tribute completion of her husband's work by her husband's partner. Her flight to freedom is brief, and because she believes in her art and its need to be given to the world, she goes back to playing the good woman behind the man -- as in "behind every man there is a good woman."
It is fairly clear, I believe, that the completed work will finally be presented as her husband's partner's work, and the final act of love under water, almost viewed as love making in a coffin, is a comment on how Binoche must suffocate her true self in order for her art to triumph. It's a little Madame Bovary like, speaking of France. Blue is a tragic comment on the status of women, of their freedom, their liberty. The only way this female artist can be recognized, ironically, is by not being recognized. She must smother her "self" in order for her music to triumph, presented to the world as the work of the new man in front of her. In effect, Binoche "dies" in order for her art to live.
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MCT:March 6, 2008
kieslowski, preisner, binoche, and i think binoche's the least important here. Kieslowski's doing a really crazy thing with the story and with the music.
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MCT:March 2, 2008
.it's very hard to leave any comment on this movie.... must wait till i see white and red .........
Binoche acting was great thats what i can say without any doubt's she was ..........good..... -
MCT:March 2, 2008
Love all three of these Kieslowski films...Juliette Binoche is always amazing and does not disappoint!
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MCT:February 25, 2008
Realy poetic, charming, profund and sexy!!
the soundtrack is wonderful and the screenplay too.
the color blue is always showned in a poetic and beautiful way.
what a wonderful piece of art!! -
MCT:February 2, 2008
Director:Krzysztof Kieslowski
Released: 1993
Stars: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel and Charlotte Véry
Genre: Drama, Art House
Country: France
First of a trilogy of films dealing with contemporary French society concerns how a composer deals with the death of her husband and child
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MCT:January 16, 2008
It was blue. And left many questions open. Yes, it is something else than Hollywood but I am no movie specialist. I didn't understand. It was made well but feels heavy. Not that much blue though.
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MCT:December 30, 2007
Une histoire assez simple mais bien rendue, sans rebondissements majeurs mais là n'est pas l'intérêt de toute façon. Beaucoup de symboles, de références subtiles aux autres volets de la trilogie. Kieslowski s'amuse avec les couleurs et la photographie de Slawomir Idziak est très réussie. Mais le film ne serait pas le même sans la poignante musique de Zbigniew Preisner qui vient ponctuer les moments forts du film. Une oeuvre poétique, qui se laisse facilement regarder.
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MCT:December 22, 2007
It's A Kieslowski Movie ANd It's More With Screen And Music Other Than Dialoge
Binoche IS Really Good And SHe Does Her Part Well The Movie Is Really Delicate ANd Good ( Not for Everyone) But It's A Masterpiece -
MCT:December 17, 2007
Outstanding, one of my favourite films in terms of cinematography. Utter beauty and brilliant, one of Kieslowski's finest and one of cinema's finest films. It's one film I'm sure to watch again in the near future.
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MCT:November 22, 2007
Après avoir perdu son mari et son enfant, juliette tente de retrouver sa liberté. Le personnage de Juliette Binoche est attachant. J'ai juste le goût de la prendre dans mes bras :) La photographie est extraordinaire. La sensibilité de Kieslowski profonde. Le scénario et la musique extraordinaire. Original, unique, bref un chef d'oeuvre.
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MCT:November 13, 2007
freedom , equality and fraternity.... i ll get to it.
well ..... the director ideas are fantastic, we all know that ... juliete binoche is great as well. dont miss extra features on dvd. the explanation for the sugar cube getting wet. very good.... 5 seconds .... -
MCT:October 29, 2007
I like the BLANC movie....really good story! I would like to be KAROL KAROL.......revenge is sweet....and so is love...
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