Three Colors: Blue (DVD)

I have to admit I am a lover of French films, but also a lover of films that concentrate on people, relationships and feelings rather than action and excitement. Three Colours Blue fits the bill for me perfectly. The first part of a trilogy - the second being Three Colours White and the third Three Colours Red - it is French but is directed by Krysztof Kieslowski of Poland. I watched all three films several years ago but Blue was the one that appealed most to me, so I eventually decided to buy the DVD. As the event happens at the outset of the film, I am not giving anything away by telling you that Julie's husband and only child, a daughter, are both killed in ...  Read the complete review

"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." This is the resolution of Julie Vignon (Juliette Binoche), the central character of Three Colours: Blue. The survivor of a car crash which took the lives of her husband Patrice, a celebrated composer, and her young daughter, she desires nothing but to withdraw from life, cutting all ties and bonds that formerly surrounded her. The creation of a Franco-Polish collaboration, and the last project of acclaimed director Krzysztof Kieslowski, the Three Colours trilogy (Blue being the first, White the second and ...  Read the complete review

Three Colours Blue Director - Krzystof Kieslowski Writers - Krzysztof Kieslowski , Krzysztof Piesiewicz Whats it all about: This is the first of a trilogy of films based on Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, the three colours of the French flag. This is a story of Julie (Juliette Binoche) a young woman who loses her husband Patrice de Courcy, (A world class composer) and her young daughter in a car crash. Julie decides to try to live her life free of grief, remorse, regret and love, she wants to rid herself of any personal commitments and live freely having lost everything she ever loved. Her friends and former colleagues ...  Read the complete review

Blue is a part of Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy of films symbolizing the colours of france.All three films were released in a short span of two years(1993-94) and focusses on different attributes of life. Julie(Juliette Binoche) loses her world famous composer husband and her child in a traffic accident and decides to live a rather independent life of her own. To make things easier for herself,she decides to sell off all the previous belongings and moving to a new neighbourhood where she can channel all her focus to a new life by herself.She is focussed to keep the tragedy out of her life and tries to take a new look at life. Soon Julie realises she needs to ...  Read the complete review

In this the first part of Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy based on France's national motto: ‘Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity’. Blue is the story of Julie DeCourcy (Juliette Binoche) who loses her husband, an acclaimed European composer and her daughter in a car accident. The film's theme of liberty is manifested in Julie's attempt to start life anew free of personal commitments, belongings grief and love. She intends to commit ‘social suicide’ by selling her possessions and withdrawing from the world to live completely independently, anonymously and in solitude in the Parisian metropolis. Despite her attempts, ...  Read the complete review