Three Colours Trilogy

Starring: Benoit Regent, Juliette Binoche Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski Original UK Premiere: 1993 Dvd Release: 26th April, 2004 Number Of Discs: 4 Format: Box set, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: English

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DVD Extras: The DVD set has numerous extras spread throughout the three discs; the end result is a superior collection. Each disc has a short retrospective, culled together from new interviews with Kieslowski's crew, plus film critic Geoff Andrew, biographer Annette Insdorf , & fellow Polish director Ageniska Holland. Producer Marin Karmitz also reminisces about the experience. There's an exceptional effort to show the magic of Kieslowski through a discussion of his various career phases, interviews with the three lead actresses, four student films, & archival materials including simple--and wonderful--glimpses of the director at work. Excellent insight is also provided by Dominique Rabourdin's filmed cinema lessons with Kieslowski. Without viewing any of his other films, this set illustrates the uniqueness of Kieslowski.

Even though one can view each segment of Krzysztof Kieslowskis Three Colours trilogy on its own, it seems absurd to do so; why buy the trousers instead of the entire suit? Created by Kieslowski & his writing partner Krzysztof Piesiewicz for Frances bicentennial, the titles, & the themes of the films, come from the three colours of the French flag representing liberty, equality & fraternity. Blue examines liberation through the eyes of a woman who loses her husband & son in an auto accident, & solemnly starts anew. White is an ironic comedy about a befuddled Polish husband who takes an odd path of revenge against his ex-wife . A Swiss model strikes up a friendship with a retired judge who eavesdrops on his neighbours in Red. The trilogy is a snapshot of European life at a time of reconstruction after the Cold War, reflected through Kieslowskis moralist view of human nature & illumined by each titles palate colour.

Juliette Binoche is a French actress, born in Paris, France. Born to a movie-director father & an actress mother, at age 15 she was sent to Paris to study at a specialized arts high school, after which she attended the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. At age 18 she was given a bit part in the small independent film Liberty Belle. While trying to build her career over the next five years, she worked as a clerk at a Paris department store & earned extra cash as a painters model. She was 24 when she received her first big break with a role in Philip Kaufman s film The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Blue, part 1 of Krzysztof Kieslowski s highly acclaimed Three Colors trilogy, for which she won the 1993 Cesar Award for best actress. During her career, in addition to winning, she has been nominated five times for the Cesar Award for Best Actress. In 1996 her role as Hana, a Canadian nurse tending to a wounded stranger during WWII, in the blockbuster film The English Patient, brought her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Posters Of The English Patient

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Krzysztof Kieślowski was an influential Polish film director & screenwriter, known internationally for his film cycles Three Colors & The Decalogue. Kieślowski was born in Warsaw, Poland & grew up in several small towns. At sixteen, he briefly attended a firemen s training school, but dropped out after three months. Without any career goals, he then entered the College for Theatre Technicians in Warsaw because it was run by a relative. He decided to become a theatre director, but at the time there was no specific training program for directors, so he chose to study film as an intermediate step. Leaving college & working as a theatrical tailor, Kieślowski applied to the Łódź Film School & was rejected twice. To avoid compulsory military service during this time, he briefly became an art student & also went on a drastic diet in an attempt to make himself medically unfit for service. After several months of succesfully avoiding the draft, he was accepted to the Łódź Film School on his third attempt. Posters Of The Ten Commandments

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