Three Colors: Blue

this is almost a like, i promise, but i couldn’t settle into the story the way i wanted to. it’s absolutely breathtaking in every way and binoche is stunning. the way the film portrays grief is startlingly raw. i think for whatever reason it just didn’t connect with me.

Zor aw xosha nabu ka bas akra

Had the random urge to start the Three Colours trilogy today. I hadn’t actually heard too much about these films, only really that they’re held to a high regard.

What an incredible experience. It handles grief, a common theme in films, in a way in which I hadn’t really experienced before. The ‘Blue’ is supposed to indicate ‘Liberty’ - only its emotional liberty opposed to political or social. It’s explored, in conjunction with grief, in fascinating ways, there’s a decision made by Julie in the end which vindicates her struggle throughout the whole film - dropping the bitterness and detaching in a way which isn’t ’running away’ but more about truly letting go.

Juliette Binoche does a tremendous job, a very underrated actor in every sense. She plays Julie’s grief in an a very lowkey and almost scary and raw way. It’s never loud or materialised in a big way, but more letting it linger like a cloud - really great stuff.

Looking forward to watching White and Red - if they’re even half as good as this was then I’ll be in for a treat.

this is almost a like, i promise, but i couldn’t settle into the story the way i wanted to. it’s absolutely breathtaking in every way and binoche is stunning. the way the film portrays grief is startlingly raw. i think for whatever reason it just didn’t connect with me.

Zor aw xosha nabu ka bas akra

Had the random urge to start the Three Colours trilogy today. I hadn’t actually heard too much about these films, only really that they’re held to a high regard.

What an incredible experience. It handles grief, a common theme in films, in a way in which I hadn’t really experienced before. The ‘Blue’ is supposed to indicate ‘Liberty’ - only its emotional liberty opposed to political or social. It’s explored, in conjunction with grief, in fascinating ways, there’s a decision made by Julie in the end which vindicates her struggle throughout the whole film - dropping the bitterness and detaching in a way which isn’t ’running away’ but more about truly letting go.

Juliette Binoche does a tremendous job, a very underrated actor in every sense. She plays Julie’s grief in an a very lowkey and almost scary and raw way. It’s never loud or materialised in a big way, but more letting it linger like a cloud - really great stuff.

Looking forward to watching White and Red - if they’re even half as good as this was then I’ll be in for a treat.