Three Colors: Blue, White, Red (Trois Couleurs: Bleu, Blanc, Rouge)(Criterion Collection)

Criterion Collection (1993)

Drama | Foreign | Mystery | Romance

France | English | Color | 04:38

#1937

8.0

Blu-Ray Special Edition

R (Restricted)

715515089012

| 3 discs

Region 1 | Region A

Custom Case

Three Colors: Blue is the first part of Kieslowski's trilogy on France's national motto: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. Blue is the story of Julie who loses her husband, an acclaimed European composer and her young daughter in a car accident. The film's theme of liberty is manifested in Julie's attempt to start life anew free of personal commitments, belongings grief and love. She intends to spiritually commit suicide by withdrawing from the world and live completely independently, anonymously and in solitude in the Parisian metropolis. Despite her intentions, people from her former and present life intrude with their own needs. However, the reality created by the people who need and care about her, a surprising discovery and the music around which the film revolves heals Julie and irresistably draws her back to the land of the living.

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	Florence Pernel	Sandrine
	Charlotte Véry	Lucille
	Hélène Vincent	La journaliste
	Philippe Volter	L'agent immobilier
	Claude Duneton	Le médecin
	Hugues Quester	Patrice
	Emmanuelle Riva	La mère
	Florence Vignon	La copiste
	Daniel Martín	Le voisin du dessous
	Jacek Ostaszewski	Le flutiste
	Catherine Therouenne	La voisine
	Yann Trégouët	Antoine
	Alain Ollivier	L'avocat
	Isabelle Sadoyan	La servante
	Pierre Forget	Le Jardinier

Crew View all

Director	Krzysztof Kieslowski
	Krzysztof Kieslowski
Writer	Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Agnieszka Holland, Edward Zebrowski, Slawomir Idziak, Edward Klosinski, Marcin Latallo
Producer	Marin Karmitz
Musician	Zbigniew Preisner
Photography	Piotr Sobocinski, Slawomir Idziak, Edward Klosinski

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Edition details

Screen Ratios	Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio Tracks	Stereo [French] \| Stereo [Polish] \| SUB [English]
Subtitles	English
Distributor	Miramax Home Video
Layers	Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date	Nov 15, 2011

Notes

Bought with Nick at July 2017 B&N sale

Disc Features
New high-definition digital restorations, with 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks on the Blu-ray editions
Three cinema lessons with director Krzysztof Kieślowski
New interviews with writer Krzysztof Piesiewicz, composer Zbigniew Preisner, and actors Julie Delpy, Irène Jacob, and Zbigniew Zamachowski
Selected-scene commentary featuring actor Juliette Binoche
New video essays on Blue, White, and Red by film writers Annette Insdorf, Tony Rayns, and Dennis Lim
Full-length 1995 documentary featuring Kieślowski
Three Kieślowski’s short films-The Tram (1966), Seven Women of Different Ages (1978), and Talking Heads (1980)-plus the short film The Face, starring Kieślowski
Interview programs on Kieślowski’s life and work, featuring film critic Geoff Andrew, Binoche, filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, cinematographer Sławomir Idziak, Insdorf, Jacob, producer Marin Karmitz and editor Jacques Witta
Behind-the-scenes programs for White and Red, and a 1994 short documentary on Red’s world premiere
Original theatrical trailers
New and improved English subtitle translations
PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by film critics Colin MacCabe, Nick James, Stuart Klawans, and Georgina Evans; an excerpt from Kieślowski on Kieślowski; and reprinted interviews with cinematographers Idziak, Edward Klosinski, and Piotr Sobocinski

New covers by Sarah Habibi

Links

Trois Couleurs: Bleu, Blanc, Rouge at Core for Movies