Kieslowski : A true poet of cinema

Rating: 10/10 (27 June 2018)

Kieslowski was true poetic filmmaker, a visual storyteller, one who believed in the intelligence of the audience. His three colors trilogy came at a point in his career when he was absolutely at the height of his powers. He had just made Dekalog and The Double Life of Veronique before and the three colors trilogy would be his last great works. The trilogy begins with blue, a story of a women who suffers a great tragedy and her grieving process. The film begins with an accident ,in which her famous composer husband and young daughter are killed in a car crash ,that she survives. The way in which she deals with her grief is unexpected and very sad. At first she thinks about taking her own life but can't go through with it, then she decides to try to erase all things and people that remind her of them. She attempts to liberate herself from her past but this turns out to be difficult, the unfinished song of her husband is always playing in her head, haunting her. She is also meets with a boy who witnessed the crash, meets a mistress of her husband and has a relationship with her husbands best friend. This is the type of film that takes you inside the mind of a character. She attempts to shut out the world and just exist but as she heals and realizes how important connections with people are, she grows and the ending is beautiful and hopeful. The movie is beautiful image after beautiful image and Juliette binoche's performance is one of the best I've ever seen, she's so understated, she says a lot with her face without speaking a word. Binoche somehow is able to convey several emotions with one look, she's really incredible. The movie is covered in the color blue, as you expect, the cinematography is beautiful as in all of Kieslowski's work, each film in the trilogy is shot by a different cinematographer and has a different look like the dekalog. What impresses me most about about Kieslowski's work is the way his story's unfold so unpredictable and also his camera placement,Their is so many impressive shots in this movie. Few directors instantly involve you in a story like Kieslowski, he drops you right in and where he takes you is always interesting, complex ,unexpected, and very rewatch able. You could watch blue again and again and pick up on new things each time. Blue is a excellent film and I highly recommend it and really all of Kieslowski's work is great, he was truly a great artist.