FILM: Three Colors Trilogy

[skywise]

FILM(s): Three Colors Trilogy

I recently watched all three of these and thought they were *really* good. I particularly liked the second (white) and third (red) movies (for some reason I wasn't into the first one [blue] as much).

I liked white because I thought it was a very successful attempt at comedy and irony. It also captured its theme "equality" very well in that it follows the story of a man who at first is portrayed as very below his girlfriend but who by the end has switched positions in "worth" (worth being determined by cultural standards) with her. I know that its generally rated the lowest of the three but I don't really understand why. Just because it doesn't try to beat you over the head with artsiness doesn't mean it isn't as good as the others.

Red of course was fantastic as it tied the three movies together with its theme of fraternity. Also, the relationship between the model and the ex-judge was portrayed and acted very dffectively. Everything about the movie just seemed a notch or two above the rest.

The first movie was also very well made but its story was just kind of boring to me. This might, however, be because the back of the DVD said something about a girl being entangled in her dead husbands web of lies and deceit. Because of this I was waiting the entire movie for something *really* awful to be dug up about him when all there was was an affair.

//shrugs

Anyway, I'm sure other BL'ers have seen these (I know they have because I did a search and some people mentioned it in the "favorite trilogy's" thread). I'd be curious to get other peoples opinions as well as there interpreation of some of the symbolism/recurring scenes in the movie.

edited to make the word "film" in the title plural.

 

[Neural Shock]

Blue is a bit of a downer, isn't it ? White: I just love the end. But my favourite is Red. The end is a little hockey with the coincidence of the survivors from the ferry meeting like that, etc. but I'm willing to put that down to a sort of ESP (or artistic license) on the part of the ex-judge. Nice movie with attention to detail, like the airplane sound outside which prompts the judge to ask Irene Whatsherface if she flies. It's so subtle I'm still not sure if I imagined it.