Word: jacob
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...KRZYSZtof of Kieslowski's most recent film and the third in his "Three Colors" series, he examines the flow of our daily lives. "Red," starring Irene Jacob and Jean-Louis Trintingant, is a breathtaking film about the interwoven nature of our existence. "Who is that person sitting next to us?" Kieslowski asks. "Do we know them? Will we ever?" The idea that we are constantly surrounded by potential friends or lovers is not a new one, but rarely has it been expressed so tangibly, so beautifully...
Valentine (Jacob) is a model and student at Geneva University. With her boyfriend in England and her younger brother addicted to heroin, she struggles to maintain her composure. Driving home one rainy night, she accidently runs into to a German shepherd on the street. The dog belongs to a 65 year-old retired judge (Trintignant), who lives in Carouge, a residential suburb of Geneva. When Valentine takes the injured dog to him, the judge appears unmoved. Troubled by his reaction, Valentine assumes responsibility...
...Jacob has said that she relishes the "non-encounters" between Auguste and Valentine. The truth is that most people don't meet on the top of the Empire State Building. It is all the more probably that they never meet at all. The strength of this film is in depicting a relationship that never exists. Valentine loves the judge, but his age keeps him out of her reach. She would love Auguste, but she is unaware of his presence. The irony is that only the audience knows that these two are meant for each other...
...what parts! Walton attached rows of Victorian houses to both ends of the Paramount stage (already double the width of the standard Broadway stage) so that it seems to embrace the audience. And everywhere there is wonder to behold: Jacob Marley's huge skull glowering on the facade of Scrooge's house, sets that open and fold like mammoth pop-up Christmas cards, a spider web of gold chains on which Scrooge is crucified by remorseful ghosts, a tombstone that forces him into the rising fires of hell...
...case of a defendant with whom he had a personal score to settle -- the accused had stolen the only woman the judge had ever loved. The judge passed sentence, then took to a life of electronic snooping on his neighbors. Into this lair of auditory voyeurism comes Valentine (Irene Jacob), a student and fashion model. Her passionate good nature stirs memories of that other young woman in the judge's life. He is touched, perhaps enough to end his sordid pastime...