Blue..

Rating: 10/10 (16 June 2008)

Kieslowski kicks off his Three Colours Trilogy with this 'Blue' first chapter...
The movie, featuring a somber mood, beautiful cinematography by Slawomir Idziak and some brilliantly haunting score by Zbigniew Preisner unfolds almost like a melancholy...with Juliette Binoche playing the central character of Julie.
The premise deals with an accident claiming the lives of Julie's daughter and her composer husband. Quite naturally, Julie is utterly grief-stricken. The rest of the story revolves around how she tries to shun away the grief by "liberating" herself from it..
It's a simple story told in an almost poetic fashion by Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz.
Juliette Binoche delivers a stunning performance as the sorrowful Julie. The range of expressions she subtly displays is nothing short of fabulous! And of course, hats off to the Man himself, Mr. Kieslowski who has some little surprises here and there for us..including the very interesting way in which the next chapter in the trilogy crosses this story's path. Not to mention the use of symbolism throughout the film...the use of the colour Blue, and the superb manner in which all three colours of the French flag are shown in one particular quick scene....
"Blue" is a superb beginning and an indication that the viewer is in for a treat in the following two films in the trilogy..