Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): Blue . I don't know how familiar I can say I am with Krzystof Kieslowski. I've seen 2/3 of "The Decalogue" his ten-hour masterpiece and now I've seen the first film in his three colors trilogy "Blue." I think anyone who sees a film by Kieslowski will have a hard time disputing that he was one of the great directors. He's not credited as being one of the great directors, but he is credited as being a great director. Hopefully, in the years to come, his brilliance will become acknowledged. "Blue" is a strange film...It doesn't follow the typical rules of storytelling. It has a plot, but the images it uses play as big a part in telling the story as the plot does. Then there's the music. Rarely has the music been as important to a film as it is to "Blue." Juliette Binoche (who won a French Oscar for Best Actress for this role) plays Julie, a young woman whose husband and young daughter are killed in a car accident. Julie was in the car, but made it out alive. Once she heals up, she finds herself being badgered by friends and composers for her husband's last composition (her husband was a famous composer). The movie's turning point comes when Julie calls an old friend that she knows is in love with her. After they do their thing, she moves into an anonymous little apartment building in the hopes of escaping everyone she knows. She fears being hurt again and decides to have no friends, no acquaintances, and no family. Then, in a Kieslowski-like turn of events, she meets her husband's pregnant mistress. There are a lot of movies about people losing loved ones and trying to deal with it. In Kieslowski's hands, however, this formula seems fresh and new. There's no denying that Kieslowski and his co-writer Krzystof Piesiewicz understood the human condition and humans in general. None of the scenes in the film feel artificial or unneeded. Kieslowski doesn't waste time filling the screen with pointless scenes, but has it shaved down to the essentials. As I said, this film is very different. Unique would sum it up quite good. While I'd be lying if I said I understood the significance of this, there is something he does in the movie that I was quite fond of. In certain scenes, while Julie is talking usually, loud music will begin playing and the screen will fade to black. After a few moments, we fade back into exactly where we were. While I haven't seen the other films in the trilogy quite yet, I'm looking forward to them. Any fan of foreign cinema should see this film...If you haven't yet discovered Kieslowski, you need to.    GRADE: A
Output (English): POS