Observations on Film Art: Camera Movement in THREE COLORS: RED

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[@travel6482]

I got goosebumps when I saw the ending of Three Colours Red. I don’t get goosebumps from a film too often....

[@piotrkonieczynski]

I cried like a baby. On White ending also. Not because of the story but because of everything.

[@pointythecactus5469]

What other movies gave you same reaction

[@travel6482]

@@pointythecactus5469 portrait of a lady on fire, y tu mama tambien, zodiac, la haine and most recently Oslo, August 31st

[@MinamuTV]

Krzysztof Kieślowski was one of the great geniuses of modern times because he is one of the very few artists in human history who successfully expressed an unusually advanced philosophical idea through a work of fiction. Most films - even most great films - are very much within the protagonist-with-a-tragic-flaw storytelling framework and send us the message that (x) trait results in our downfall, something that countless artworks of the past have already done. But Kieślowski was a paradigm-shifter. He successfully argued, even through a fictional narrative, that chance plays a profound role in human life, and this message is an intellectual step beyond the old, tired tragic-flaw message. Of course, it’s not true that an artwork having the traditional framework is a bad artwork because of this. But anyone who is able to _simultaneously_ be a brilliant artist and an intellectual innovator, in the same work, is a genius of a very high order. That is a greater accomplishment.

[@BP13156]

Yours is a brilliant analysis of his work that I can not believe hasn't prompted ant last one reply. Thank you for recognizing and being able to discern what made KK a truly magnificent cinematic force.

[@piotrkonieczynski]

Beautifully put together. I agree with you and also think about it for few years. He was similar but he never said so too for example Dali was aware of scientific discoveries. Like physicists or other intellectuals try to put this puzzle together. I love his movies. Shame not many people discovered such a talent.

[@bluefilmsltd]

Well said. It must be said that Kieslowski was somewhat influenced by Robert Bresson's concept of chance as well.

[@nitro3921]

Beautifully put

[@adeepwell5292]

one of the most convincingly positive films ever

[@CaioAraujoRibeiro]

Please, more of these essays PLEASE!

[@sudarshandutta2498]

my favourite among the three.

[@aToxinProduction]

more of these please!

[@ekavakririski]

along with Dekalog, this is Kieślowski's greatest achievement

[@zarathustra8789]

Let's not forget The Double Life of Veronique, mate.

[@ekavakririski]

well i didn't forget. The film is not that great in my opinion. In fact, I slightly enjoy Blind Chance better than Double Life

[@zarathustra8789]

eka riski Well, that's fair enough. Still, TDLoV is no ordinary film, there's a lot going on in there, thematically, emotionally and technically speaking. For me is quite an accomplishment from Master K.

[@EthnHayabusa]

I don’t like you.

[@Rik-B]

The last 15 films by Kieslowski are all linked in one way or another (No End, the Decalogue - including the cinematic cuts of 5 and 6 -, Veronique and the Three Colors Trilogy), mostly by appearances of the fictional composer van den Budenmayer (Blue reprises No End's main theme and comments on it being a composition by van den Budenmayer as well). That's why all these films - all written by Kieslowski and Piesiewicz, all with scores by Preisner - are one huge, coherent body of work for me. So it doesn't have to be one or the other, it's all his single greatest achievement, in my opinion.

[@skurke]

You never actually mentioned how the camera movement works to show how these characters are destined to be together. This video is just half of a thesis statement...

[@steamingpanda2.177]

Steve Krueger This is just part of the video essay

[@skurke]

Ah word, thanks.

[@CineCelloMidia]

Ok, so, where's the rest?

[@Neuroneos]

Pretty sure the image speaks for itself in that regard

[@TheRulerRoderickSutton]

Criterionchannel.com

[@Starkardur]

The film has never resonated with me emoitionally HOWEVER from a film making standpoint - it's pretty much a technical masterpiece without being pretentious.

[@danielamartino6238]

Film Rouge, forse, rappresenta il perdono, la riconciliazione con se stessi, e finalmente la rinuncia al giudizio. Cercare di comprendere, più che giudicare.

[@Buugzy]

Great film... I caught on pretty quick, I thought Michel was Augustine the controlling boyfriend stalking Valentine... Augustine was the man calling the blonde woman (his girlfriend) on the phone all along.. and caught her cheating one night; and she shouted Augs name.... Hence why him and Kern are parallel & confusing in a way! Also I noticed Valentine and Augustine never really interacted or knew one another but were also neighbors 'An were at the very same locations throughout the film unaware of each other's presence Until Tragedy or Fate; the 'storm' finally brings Valentine and Augustine closer with a accident they'll both share together for the rest of their lives meaning Augustine is the man she wakes up by in Kerns dream Happy 20-25 years later but still in love with each other I suppose. Kern kept it a secret tho Imo I believe that your soulmate is very close by without you being unaware everywhere you go repeating the very same moves you make Like a game of chess!: time patience and the place you meet by tragedy or fate...

[@19Edurne]

"Auguste", not "Augustine". Augustine is a female name in French. Just sayin'...:)

[@murtadha96]

Criterion... Thank you :))

[@mryepse]

LEE BER TAY

[@optivion]

.............Oui!

[@danielamartino6238]

Credo film bleu sia il manifesto della metamorfosi che sopraggiunge dopo un dolore incomunicabibile, la bellezza sconfinata (un'autentica pagina di letteratura, anche) della Prima Lettera di S. Paolo ai Corinzi. La celebrazione, quindi, della Carità, Amore.

[@thebossman80s]

That's a coincidence, I was going to watch this film today, having just seen the first two in the trilogy. so far I think Blue was far better than white.

[@user-qb3jg8ep9t]

Red is better than Blue, haven't seen White yet

[@FuzzyDlop]

How could you have watched Blue and Red without having watched White? LOL.

[@MrChaseBlue]

well, White is considered far less good a film than the other two. That's probably why for some.

[@Buugzy]

I thought Red was better

[@thebossman80s]

@@Buugzy I can confirm three years later, having seen red, that blue is the superior film lol

[@andynixon2820]

The red is good but the three colours blue is the best . Especially because of Juliet Binoche.

[@slyslaughter5115]

Too brief!

[@Redclxxd]

Why you spoiling the movie