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directed by Krzystof Kieslowski...
With "Blue," Krzysztof Kieslowski begins his film trilogy "Three Colors," with "White" and "Red" still to come. Meant to symbolize the Revolutionary cry for "liberty, equality and fraternity," this film stays close to its French origins with the existential search for identity in a world turned upside down...
...combination of all these elements on occasion makes the film seem exaggerated and incomprehensible. The flashbacks and recurring blue colors mark this as a film of imagination and wonder. The heightened reality of Julie's experience shows Kieslowski's method of expressing emotions by representation using methods besides dialogue of facial expressions...
...Kieslowski creates ingenious images of the blue glass bead chandelier that is Julie's only reminder of her past life because it used to hang in her daughter's bedroom. He transforms a standard swimming pool into a sapphire lagoon, surrounding Binoche with a sort of liquid embodiment of creativity and imagination. The original score by Zbigniew Preisner exists as a work of art separate from the film. With riveting crescendos and crashes, the music monitors Julie's emotional trauma and captivates the audience...
Modern art embodies emotion instead of merely representing it. Kieslowski's film attempts to do the same, stretching the boundaries of what can be done in the film medium. Like Modern art, the film may be incomprehensible and somewhat frustrating for some. What it does not communicate in dialogue, though, it makes up for in beauty. It is candy for the eyes. "Blue" proves to be a touching, modern portrait of the artist...