Conference bookie::movies

    
    I've modified the title to include these three films in the same topic.
    
    Blue, White and Red are related to the french flag, the Tricolore, the
    colors again related to Freedom, Equality and Brothership.
    
    Blue was beautiful! Absolutely astounding! It is related to freedom in
    the way that (vaguely expressed, without spoilers) whenever you think
    that you have gained freedom in your life, you still haven't got it...
    
    White is coming soon (within few weeks).
    
    Poul
    

"Red",  is a moody, arty, psychological drama, in French.  Pretty ingenue,
older man in stylized, frumpy interior settings.  It's about morality,
destiny and friendship.  A beautiful film to watch.  Very touching.
Recommended highly for the Euro-art-flic crowd.  The ending is a gaffe.  
See "The Double Life of Veronique".  Same director, female lead - sharper edge.

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Brian

Since these three movies are described as a trilogy, does anyone know how 
important to see them in the correct order (if there is one).  If there 
is an order, what is it?  What makes them a trilogy?  Same characters?  
Same/related themes? 

Thanks.

Walker

> What makes them a trilogy?

	The titles of all three (3) are the colors on the French flag

Not sure, since I haven't seen "Red" yet, if this is the best order, but the
order of release was Blue, White, Red; the films correspond to the French
motto libert�, �galit�, fraternit�, in that order (liberty, equality, fraternity
for you monolingual types).

As far as I could tell, the only thing you'd miss noticing by seeing Red
before Blue and White is... (slight spoiler)


a couple of the characters from Blue and White appear in a series of
newsreel shots at the end of Red.

				-- Bob

    I watched them in the order they were released but I can't imagine it
    making a difference (I don't remember .6 but it has been a few months
    now and it was several months between each film).
    
    While I enjoyed all three, my ranking mirrors their order of release
    (Blue was best followed by White) making a case for seeing them in
    reverse order...  Of course others probably rate them differently.
    
    John

    Hi,
    
    Does anyone know what film-cycle Kieslowski made, before he did the
    'Trois Couleurs'-cycle?
    
    Thanks in advance,
    
    Harrie R.
    

Sorry, but I don't know the details.

    re: .8, .9
    
    The Decalogue is a series of ten short (less than an hour) films on
    each of the ten commandments.  The one on Thou Shalt Not Kill received
    the most attention but I found them all (the nine I saw anyhow) 
    interesting.  Not to mislead anyone I should say that in some of these
    you wouldn't be able to guess which commandment it is about from just
    seeing the film - they are about as closely related to each as the
    three coulours or liberty, equality and fraternity are in the new
    series.
    
    John

    re: .9, ,10
    
    Thank you Jon and John.
    This was exactly the information I was looking for.
    
    Greetings, Harrie R.

I watched White the other night. 
Really Really enjoyed it until the final scene but was left a little confused at
the end as to the resolution between the characters. Can somebody out there give
their interpretations. It's bugging me !!!

Peter 

    
    	I saw "Red" in a packed theatre Saturday night. I must say I was
    	impressed and loved it, as did most of the audience it seemed. The
    	French was spoken slowly and pronounciated fully enough that the
    	movie could also serve as a fun French refresher course as well.
    	The ingenue was beautiful as well as wonderfully acted. The movie
    	was sufficiently red for me in both its passion and filming. I'm
    	intrigued enough to want to see "Blue" and "White" now.

    	I had heard and read that "Red" was considered the best of the
    	three, but someone here suggested the reverse, so now I'm even
    	more excited to see the first two...

    	-Erik

    You have to see Bleu, it's the best one.
    
    
    Richard Godin

Actually, I liked White the best -- but the critics seem to think Red is
best (it's definitely a close call for me).

    
    	I just saw "White" last night. 

    	It's amazing how people's opinions can vary so greatly. My SO and I
    	both thought "White" was thoroughly mediocre, and a huge let-down
    	after having seen "Red."

    	I kept waiting for the movie and storyline to redeem itself, but it
    	never did. The ending came at a most awkward moment, leaving you to
    	walk away with a "you've gotta be kidding me" reaction still inside.

    	The acting was OK. The storyline limp and undramatic. And most
    	disappointing of all, the characters seems unreal and out of touch.
    	They and their stories never made an attempt to connect with the
    	audience, at least it didn't with us.

    	It wasn't terrible, but not great either. Three stars out of five.

    
        the ending of "red" reminded me of watching 16mm movies in the
        navy when the film would break.  the projectionist
        would splice the film back together when this happened, though,
        and we would watch the rest of the film.  with "red" you just
        hit the rewind button, 'cause it's really over.  however, i
        thoroughly enjoyed it until it just sort of stopped, so it gets
        3 stars (out of four.)
    
    	bill

    re .3
    The order, as has been noted, should be blue, white, red after the
    French tri-color. Or, in French: "bleu", "blanc", "rouge". Though we
    have the same colors in our flag, the French reverse the order in
    describing them. One of those little factoids that one learns when one
    lives there. Something to bore your friends with.

    I saw these on video recently.
    
    Let me say at the outset that I'm not much of a connoisseur of European
    art films, and these movies didn't turn me into one. Too bad, because I
    really like Juliette Binoche.
    
    Of the 3, I liked "White" the best. Probably because it has some 
    story elements that you could put together in your mind and form a plot.
    The others have their interesting facets (like the coincidental case of
    judge-candidate + book-falls-open) but they don't GO anywhere.
    
      John

	FWIW, I heard over the weekend that the director of this triology
	died while having some kind of heart operation.