Three Colours: Blue

“Three Colors: Blue” is a personal story, but it’s also possible to extrapolate it to a global, humanitarian story. Kieslowski conceived his trilogy as an homage to his new home country of France, but told through the prism of a reunited Europe. The freedom highlighted in the movie isn’

Not much happens in the first scene of Julie’s freedom, which makes it a perfect opportunity to detail why I love this character so much. It’s not just that Julie embraces an ethos of radical freedom, it’s the way she goes about expressing that freedom that I

This a beautifully shot, dramatic scene, framed by a thunderstorm. Olivier enters Julie’s house soaking wet. The room looks somewhat like a Van Gogh painting. She tells him to take it off, which Olivier interprets as his rain coat, she responds “all of it.” Olivier then proceeds to remove

As mentioned in the first essay, Kieslowski uses a motif of circles to indicate destiny in this film. It’s a metaphor he returned to frequently in his films, as Thomas Hibbs noted in this 2005 essay about him: Kieslowski specializes in the depiction of characters suffering a sort of

I consider “Three Colors: Blue” to be a great film, and it’s a great film that includes a love story. But I don’t consider it to be a great love story. The problem is Olivier; He’s boring. There’s nothing exceptional about him. He’s portrayed by

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