Kieslowski

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

As we pick up the scene, Valentine is talking about her family. She begins saying that her mother, who we will later hear lives in France, now lives alone, so she asked her brother to go see her, but he stayed only three days. Then she talks about her own

In the Kieslowski moral universe, influence is often transferred indirectly, not as an intentional act. When we act upon influence, we aren’t even aware that we are doing so much of the time. This plays with questions of motives. How can we assign a motive and judge it right

This is the first part of the film where we start to see Valentine influencing others. It begins with the judge at his desk. He pulls out a large stack of papers and gets his fountain pen, which appears to be a Mont Blanc. He tries to begin a letter,

What is the primary motivation for the good things we do? This is not a question examined often in films. More often, movies examine people at their worst and raise questions about why they do terrible things. The judge at this point in the film wants to test Valentine on