Word: pathe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...over the Cuban boat people is that many of those who risked their lives to get to the U.S. aboard rickety, homemade craft are taking to the water again. This time, though, they are heading back to Cuba. They lay their cots over the barbed wire that blocks their path to Guantanamo Bay. If they reach the water and swim to the other side, they'll be in Cuban territory...
...National Party government, and they were driven into the wilderness, victims of the country's apartheid laws, which reserved 87% of the land for whites. Today the Pedis are among the first black South Africans to regain legal title to land so callously seized. It is a path thousands of others will soon follow...
Augustw, who is 25 when we meet him, has just finished law school, and is studying to be a judge. He doesn't know Valentine, although he lives on the block opposite her, and probably passes by her every day. The path of Auguste's life represents that of the judge as a young man. Here, Kieslwoski comments on the circularity of life. As the judge withers, there is a young man with identical experience ready to take his place. Hopefully, Auguste will not make the same mistakes as did his older self...
...intended theme of this film is fraternity. Like the themes of the previous two films, liberty and equality, it is derived from the colors of the French flag. If Kieslowski fails anywhere with "Red" it is in straying from the preconceived path. These films say little about the meaning of their titles. Instead of a trilogy, "Three Colors" is more like three films connected by a thin thread, the appearance in one film by the main characters of another...
...point of view shot of a falling book, as the judge explains how he once dropped a book from the balcony of an auditorium, the camera follows the path of the book all the while keeping Valentine and the judge in frame. Kieslowski, of course, should be given credit for designing the shot, but it is executed with extreme precision by Sobocinski...