The Three Colors (BFI Modern Classics)

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by Geoff Andrew

British Film Institute

Due/Published October 1998, 96 pages, paper

ISBN 0851705693

Remarkable for its imagery, narrative, and outstanding performances from Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy, and Irene Jacob, Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy (made up of Blue, Red, and White) is widely recognized as a major triumph of European cinema. An intimate and personal interpretation of the French revolutionary ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity, two of the three films gained major awards at the continent's most prestigious film festivals.

Geoff Andrew traces the cinematic links between the films and describes how Kieslowski's early Polish film-making history culminated in these works. A revealing interview conducted with Kieslowski after his retirement and shortly before his untimely death concludes the volume.