What is it about White you prefer over Red?
Bruce Willis
Haha. Blue>Red>White for me.
Irène Jacob
Sounds like you just have a case of good film taste. Blue is best and I wish Criterion would give it all of that special treatment and attention it deserves.
The more I watch Red the better it comes, to me it lends itself to multiple viewings in a way White wouldn’t. White is the most accessible and immediately likeable and Blue is just stunning but Irene Jacob make the difference for me…but I love White too! Love them all
Red Blue White
I just finished White yesterday; as soon as I mail it back to Netflix, they’ll be sending me Red so I’ll reply back after I’ve had a chance to see it. But I really enjoyed both Blue and White so I’m hoping Red will be just as good.
Also, I thought Blue was the most revered of the trilogy? Is Red generally the one that everyone thinks is the best?
The first and last ten minutes of Blue are probably the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I think Red has the best story, i think the judge especially is a very interesting character.
Red is very seductive. The first time I saw it, I fell in love. The second time I saw it, I recoiled in horror. Kind of like waking up next to a 40-year-old who you swore was 30 the night before in the bar.
…I never liked any of them, particularly.
Just out of curiosity, how many people here actually speak French? And alternatively, how many people here are French or have ever lived in France?
White is the one part of the trilogy that didn’t actually work for me. It was slightly mean-spirited in tone but not in an interesting way. Julie Delpy’s character was a cipher and I didn’t really care about the husband.
Blue and Red were much richer in their imagery and narratives. I think Binoche’s performance and the gorgeous soundtrack in Blue made it my favorite of the trilogy and probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite film of all time. (It was also the very first art film I watched as a teen!)
Blue>Red>White.
^^agree R. i like White, but i always thought it was the weakest in the trilogy, partly due to that ‘mean spirited’ quality that you identified also, and partly because it feels more ‘regular’ and lacks the mystery of the other two installments.
Three Colours was pretty much my introduction to European art film too.
White is heartwarming, inspiring, and tragic, while Blue is just devastating. Red doesn’t evoke any emotions from me. From a purely visceral standpoint, I found Red really cold and distant. A pretty picture with little emotion to it. And yet so many are attached to it.
i’ve only seen the trilogy once, but i’m going to have to watch White again, to see if its charm was lost on me the first time around (though i doubt i missed anything the first viewing).
i agree with previous posters about White being mean-spirited…and not just mean-spirited, but vindictive! upon watching White, my girlfriend and i were both deeply dissatisfied with it- even moreso after watching Red, because White truly is the weak link of the trilogy
My Two Wooden Cents: Finally finished the trilogy last night, so naturally I will be rambling and uninsightful [if that isn’t already a word, I’ll trademark it.] Rouge is interesting because of the three films it is seemingly the ‘simplest’ in terms of plot, characterization and so forth, yet the difference is that in the prior two films they are about what happens in the aftermath of major traumatic events, in both cases occurring toward the beginning [death, divorce] whereas Rouge climaxes in such an event and which, appropriately, has an opposite effect of the previous ones. As has been pointed out by others, the film is quite suggestive of the possibility of pre-determination and, from my perspective, doesn’t move in an arc like the other films. While Julie and Karol attempt to move away from the people and troubles that plagued them, they never the less are pulled back or pull them back into their lives. The focus upon Valentine, on the other hand, is toward making connections, not re-connection.
At any rate, I look forward to revisiting the trilogy entire before the end of the year [assuming I get it for Christmas.]
I like all three in the trilogy but White I like the most. In part because it deals with a different class and tougher characters. And because it’s a black comedy.
Kieslowski is really good with film endings, both Blue’s and White’s are marvelous.
I adore all 3 of these films. I have always loved White just a bit less than the other 2, but I would have to re-watch them to know if that’s still true, and if so, why.
What is so good about Red? The cinematography, the way it tells the story, the mood, its pace, performances… How it unfolds. For me one of Kieslowski’s finest films.
It’s quite weird that no one here mention “The Double Life of Veronique”. It doesn’t belong to the trilogy, but it’s very similar to Red… And in my opinion, even better. Highly recommended.
And I must also say that in my understanding White is the less significant film of all of them. It lacks everything that makes the rest of the trilogy so stunning and beautiful.
And somebody asked if there are any french people or people who live in France in this thread… What does that have to do with anything? Do I need to be French or live in France to like or understand these films? Does that also apply to the rest of world-wide cinema? I don’t get why did you bring that up.
I love Blue so much it makes my head hurt.
Red is also my least favorite in the trilogy but that certainly doesn’t mean i don’t like it! i love the whole trilogy.
White is a breath of fresh air for the trilogy, its so silly and hilarious.
By itself, it’s just quite good. You need to look at all of the “Three Colors” films together to see the staggering masterpiece.
Red is my least favourite too while Blue is my favourite of the three. It was my introduction to Kieślowski so they have little to big impact on me. I kinda have the notion that people preferred Red as well, why is that? I assumed it was Irene Jacob..
WhatsUpWill
Could someone fill me in on why this film is extraordinary aside from its cinematography? I never understood why it’s the most revered of the trilogy (personally I favor White and Blue way beyond this one).
Thanks.