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Blue
starring: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry, Hélène Vincent
directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski

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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303160344
Format: Color, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 6303160344
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Release Date: May 01, 1996
Running Time: 98 minutes
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
Sales Rank: 19847

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Editorial Review:

Description:
Praised as one of the top films of the year by critics and audiences alike, this stylish and provocative mystery delivers captivating performances and stunning imagery! Academy Award(R)-winner Juliette Binoche (Best Supporting Actress, 1996, THE ENGLISH PATIENT, CHOCOLAT) is a young woman left devastated by the unexpected death of her husband and child. She retreats from the world around her, but is soon reluctantly drawn into an ever-widening web of lies and passion as the dark secret life of her husband begins to unravel. With each startling discovery and heart-stopping surprise, BLUE is sure to entertain you from beginning to end!

Amazon.com:
The first installment of the late Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy on Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, the three colors of the French flag. Blue is the most somber of the three, a movie dominated by feelings of grief. As the film begins, a car accident claims the life of a well-known composer. His wife, played by Juliette Binoche (Oscar winner for The English Patient), does not so much put the pieces of her life back together as start an entirely new existence. She moves to Paris, where she dissolves into a wordless life virtually without other people. Kieslowski attaches an almost subconscious significance to the color blue, but primarily he focuses on Binoche's luminous face, and the way her subtle shifts in emotion flicker and disappear. The picture may be more enigmatic than the follow-ups White and Red, but Binoche's quiet, heartbreaking presence becomes spellbinding; her performance won the best actress prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1993. --Robert Horton

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Excelente pelicula
Con esta pelicula me volvi fan de Kieslowski, no ahondare con detalles del film, pero si dire que esta llena de pasion y emociones y en donde las imagenes substituyen los dialogos, de la trilogia esta es mi favorita y espero conseguir pronto la doble vida de veronique tambien

With this movie i became a Krzysztof Kieslowski fan, i wont delve in to the film but just say it is full of passion and emotion in which images replace words, ill be looking for The Double Life of Veronique as well.

Rating:

- Outstanding
Krzysztof Kieslowski was one of the more interesting filmmakers of the last quarter century, and the centerpiece of his claim to greatness is the Three Colors (Trois Couleurs) trilogy of films that he wrote and directed in the early to mid-1990s, filming them all at the same time. Blue, White, and Red represent the three colors of the French flag, and symbolize the three virtues of liberty, equality, and fraternity respectively. Blue (Bleu) is the first film in the series, and was released in 1993. The color blue also resonates for its associations with depression and coldness, that are well demonstrated in the film. It was deserving of the many award sit garnered, such as winning Best Film at the Venice Film Festival and the Goya Awards, as well as star Juliette Binoche (who looks like a prettier ... Read More

Rating:

- Outstanding, with one quibble
I've finally seen all three films of the trilogy, and Blue is probably my least favorite, but that's considering I gave the film five stars. Really, all three films are outstanding and I couldn't recommend them more highly.

However, as an animal lover, I was bothered by Julie's 'solution' to the problem of finding a mother mouse and her tiny babies, in her closet. I agree that few people want to find a mouse family in their house, but to dispatch the neighbor's cat to kill them all was cruel and unnecessary. She could have left the mice until they were old enough to trap and release, she could have moved the family in a suitable 'house' outside, or she could have put them in a cage and allowed the family to grow until they could be safely released.

We treat other creatures ... Read More

Rating:

- Ah, Kieslowski, we lost you too soon.
Blue (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1993)

I'm not sure who wrote the cover copy for the Miramax release of Blue, but whoever it was should have lost his job. To describe a Kieslowski film in the terms of a traditional, and derivative, Hollywood mystery is a crime of monstrous proportions. And yet that's exactly what they did.

If you have any experience with Kieslowski (and if you don't, I strongly suggest getting your hands on Dekalog immediately, if not sooner), you've got a better idea of what to expect here-- a spare, moving portrait of someone in distress. That someone is Julie Vignon de Courcy (Juliette Binoche), who awakens from a coma after a car accident to find that her husband and daughter were both killed. She flees her old life, setting herself up anonymously in Paris, but ... Read More

Rating:

- Compelling Film of Loss and Reclamation
"Blue" is not an easy film to watch but for that reason it makes it that more indispensible. The film deals with a young widow coping with not only the loss of her husband but her child as well. The film essentially examines how we comport ourselves in the face of great personal tragedy. We don't necessarily agree with the choices that Julie(Juliette Binoche) makes but they're certainly understandable. There is no handbook for grief and some of us try to insulate ourselves from the past just to survive day to day. Personally, I can relate to Julie because I have a sister who lost a husband at a young age and at the time I found some of her behavior inexplicable. Binoche gives a carefully modulated performance that doesn't overplay the film's more dramatic elements. A challenging film for adventurous ... Read More

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