Three Colors: Blue

Year: 1993

Grade: C

Country: France

Director: Kieslowski

Review

kieslowski’s decalogue was excellent so i wanted to see another one of his film series. the three colors trilogy was made in france (kieslowski is polish) and the first film of the series (blue) is supposed to be about liberty; at least that’s what i’m told. there are some slowly paced films (a taste of cherry is one) that excel in spite, or perhaps because, of their pace. blue, isn’t one of those films. it’s way too slow and the topic and relationships just aren’t compelling enough to be rewarding. the style comes off as being strained and affected, rather than part of a personal vision. Ozu and Kiarostami, conversely, have very natural and individualistic styles. kieslowski did a fine job of establishing himself with decalogue, it’s a shame that this film belabored its points and tried so hard to appeal to the cannes type audience. the strongest aspect of the film was its score, which was powerful and fresh.