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BLUE and WHITE arrived!
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Blindgroping
U mad 'bro?
I rented all three on monday, I've just watched Blue and White. Red's later today.
If you get the chance, watch them in order, B,W,R as the cameos from the earlier films make a lot more sense.
If you get the chance, watch them in order, B,W,R as the cameos from the earlier films make a lot more sense.
Blindgroping
U mad 'bro?
Blue is a bit slow and depressing, but uplifting a bit on Human Character.
And, yes, despite being called "white", it is a Dark comedy.
And, yes, despite being called "white", it is a Dark comedy.
Number_6
beer, I want beer
Blue is the story of a woman trying to avoid going through the grieving process, after the deaths of her husband and daughter. As the character basically commits emotional suicide right after failing to commit actual suicide at the beginning of the film, our journey with her is indeed a slow and painful one.
But worth it in the end.
But worth it in the end.
Friday
Bazinga!
Okay, I finally found the remote, and screened the film.
This was, indeed, a powerful film.
Yes, another shitload of questions follow:
What did the ending mean? I mean, I got that Julie was finally able to cry, thereby mourn her husband's and daughter's deaths. But what were those series of images between the time she left for Olivier's with the transcript, and the crying? Especially when she appears to be making love to Olivier in a...coffin? car? What did they mean?
When Julie was faced with a decision, the screen would go blank, and the music would start playing. Huh?
Kieslowski's penchant for glass, especially breaking glass, is evident in the beginning of the film. Julie breaks the hospital window, and she tells the nurse, "I broke the window." I interpret the broken window as a metaphor for Julie's shatttered life, and her taking the blame signifies blaming herself for the deaths.
The shadows and the music playing over the coffee ice cream. I didn't understand this.
RATS! Why did it have to be rats? That is a story for another time.
But they were significant to the story (as everything with Kieslowski is). But how?
I LOVED this movie. I was immediately drawn into Juliette Binoche's portrayal of Julie's pain and anguish over the deaths. Her journey from empty shell to healing woman was mesmerizing.
More to follow...
This was, indeed, a powerful film.
Yes, another shitload of questions follow:
What did the ending mean? I mean, I got that Julie was finally able to cry, thereby mourn her husband's and daughter's deaths. But what were those series of images between the time she left for Olivier's with the transcript, and the crying? Especially when she appears to be making love to Olivier in a...coffin? car? What did they mean?
When Julie was faced with a decision, the screen would go blank, and the music would start playing. Huh?
Kieslowski's penchant for glass, especially breaking glass, is evident in the beginning of the film. Julie breaks the hospital window, and she tells the nurse, "I broke the window." I interpret the broken window as a metaphor for Julie's shatttered life, and her taking the blame signifies blaming herself for the deaths.
The shadows and the music playing over the coffee ice cream. I didn't understand this.
RATS! Why did it have to be rats? That is a story for another time.
But they were significant to the story (as everything with Kieslowski is). But how?I LOVED this movie. I was immediately drawn into Juliette Binoche's portrayal of Julie's pain and anguish over the deaths. Her journey from empty shell to healing woman was mesmerizing.
More to follow...
Blindgroping
U mad 'bro?
I thought the blank screen would throw you a little.
Those are the points that she should be choosing one direction, but chooses as if nothing happened. hence the "nothing" screen.
There were a lot of subtlties that I'm sure I missed, but I got that one.
It doesn't hepl that I was reading the dialoge instead of watching.
Those are the points that she should be choosing one direction, but chooses as if nothing happened. hence the "nothing" screen.
There were a lot of subtlties that I'm sure I missed, but I got that one.
It doesn't hepl that I was reading the dialoge instead of watching.
Number_6
beer, I want beer
I think the blank screen is a sort of existential choice. It's not until the final blank screen, when Olivier asks her what she wants to do about Sandrine, that Julie decides to re-enter life, telling Olivier that she wants to meet her husband's mistress.
Let's see--the end montage is there to show us those who have helped to bring Julie back into life as well as those whose lives have been touched and changed by Julie.
Her mother may pass away during that end montage. I've never been able to make up my mind whether or not that's what's happening there or not.
Beautiful cinematography. Slawomir Idziak, whose work may be more familiar to viewers of Gattaca and Black Hawk Down, does some fantastic things with the color blue, particularly the pool in which Julie tries to "cleanse" herself.
I'll throw some screencaps up a bit later tonight or tomorrow, and we can discuss a few key mise-en-scene that I think shed a great deal of light onto the metaphysical matters alluded to in the film.
Let's see--the end montage is there to show us those who have helped to bring Julie back into life as well as those whose lives have been touched and changed by Julie.
Her mother may pass away during that end montage. I've never been able to make up my mind whether or not that's what's happening there or not.
Beautiful cinematography. Slawomir Idziak, whose work may be more familiar to viewers of Gattaca and Black Hawk Down, does some fantastic things with the color blue, particularly the pool in which Julie tries to "cleanse" herself.
I'll throw some screencaps up a bit later tonight or tomorrow, and we can discuss a few key mise-en-scene that I think shed a great deal of light onto the metaphysical matters alluded to in the film.
Friday
Bazinga!
OMG! Unintentional foreshadowing! Damn, I'm good.Friday said:Meh. Let's jump in the deep end. Sink or swim.
Blue it is.
I'm still not getting the specifics of the ending montage. Antoine? Making love in a glass coffin(?)? The mom passing away I kinda inferred myself.
The cinematography was beautifully done. I loved the opening sequence, where the cars seem to blur in the tunnel. Nice effect. It looked awesome on the big TV, before I fucked up the audio channels, and could only get the commentary.
Number_6
beer, I want beer
They're making love up against what looks like a terrarium.
Julie is trapped again, and shooting her pressed up against the glass emphasizes that fact.
Antoine reminded Julie of Patrice's love--the cross--and possibly of religion, too. And Julie touched Antoine, too. Notice how carefully he fingers the cross upon waking up. A human connection has been forged.
I'll move through that montage in a bit. Uploading the screencaps is slow, because I have to host and resize them at Imageshack first, and then get them over here.
Julie is trapped again, and shooting her pressed up against the glass emphasizes that fact.
Antoine reminded Julie of Patrice's love--the cross--and possibly of religion, too. And Julie touched Antoine, too. Notice how carefully he fingers the cross upon waking up. A human connection has been forged.
I'll move through that montage in a bit. Uploading the screencaps is slow, because I have to host and resize them at Imageshack first, and then get them over here.
Friday
Bazinga!
Okay...the glass coffin. Yeah, I think it's a coffin, and not a terrarium. There is no other plant life except at the top, where they would be if the coffin were in the ground. And the plant life is dead.
I think this is a metaphor for her guilt and pain "dying" through the acts of letting go of her husband's last piece of music, and finally being able to fully "give herself" to Olivier.
Her catharsis (her being able to finally cry) signifies her rebirth thru this purge. She is free of the past.
Liberty.
:bigass:
I think this is a metaphor for her guilt and pain "dying" through the acts of letting go of her husband's last piece of music, and finally being able to fully "give herself" to Olivier.
Her catharsis (her being able to finally cry) signifies her rebirth thru this purge. She is free of the past.
Liberty.
:bigass: