While the segment by segment part of my Kieslowski project has come to a close, I still have a lot of work to put in before I’m ready to publish it all in a book. Part of this will happen out of sight of this webpage — I’ll be
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It’s universally acknowledged as a great film ending, but there are some strange elements in the conclusion to “Three Colours: Red” that need to be addressed upfront before I describe it. The first is that it works even if you haven’t seen any Kieslowski film before — including the
This is the heart of the movie and perhaps the entire “Three Colours” trilogy. Joseph and Valentine are still talking inside the theater where the fashion show took place. He says that he used to come to this theater often and sat in the loge section, where he was for
I took a bit of a break from my manic movie watching schedule to see one of my favorite bands, Big Thief, in Atlanta. I had seen the band perform once previously at the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago in 2023, but this concert was a very interesting contrast. The show
As mentioned at the end of the last segment, there are only three segments of “Red” to go … and in this one, not a whole lot happens. Which makes it a good spot to take a breath and discuss the actor who plays Joseph, Jean-Louis Trintignant. Before he passed away
This section of the film is all about the man in the red Jeep, aka the young judge, and as we will soon discover, Auguste. It’s funny how Kieslowski withholds the names of characters for so long at times. It makes things especially difficult for me because I have