Kieslowski

Julie moves through the next section of the movie with the icy efficiency of Michael Corleone. The difference being that Michael acted with cunning to punish his enemies and consolidate his power. Julie acts ruthlessly to protect her state of mind. Speaking of manipulation, this section begins with Olivier going

In the last scene, we watch Julie mourn. She mourns with some pride when there is talk of her late husband’s compositions, because she knows that they were also hers. But she mourns more deeply for the loss of her daughter Anna. It is one thing to lose a

Anka is drinking coffee at the kitchen table. She has taken her mother’s letter out of her father’s envelope again and has it propped up on the table so she can see her mother’s writing. She has beautiful pale green eyes. You can see a sly smile

“Blue” is a film that starts off painful and difficult. It slowly becomes easier to watch throughout its runtime, reaching a conclusion that is powerful and joyous. We can bear to watch the early scenes only out of pity for Julie and what she must be experiencing. But Julie is

Il n'y a qu'un problème philosophique vraiment sérieux : c'est le suicide. Albert Camus Returning from the fade the black, the film gives us a long shot of a feather, golden, undulating in the air current. We see a fuzzy image of a man approaching.

”Blue” opens in tragedy. In his review of the film, Roger Ebert called “Blue” an anti-tragedy in the way it subverts our expectations. While tragic flaws lead to the destruction of protagonists in the classical model, Julie has a different destiny. She cannot escape her innate kindness no matter how