This is the first of a trilogy, and I watched all the trilogy in the same week (though not sequentially), so my comments may range across multiple entries here. Blue is the first and probably the best known of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colors films, but I’m not sure it’s the best introduction to Kieslowski’s work [...]
I love Paris! And the title of this film is Paris, I Love You! And it’s composed of short films from eighteen directors, many of whom I love! It’s almost a given that I would love this film. And I did. Is it really even and coherent as a whole? Well, no, probably not–but how [...]
Milan Kundera’s novel was one of my favorite reads last year, and I knew any film version was going to have a lot to live up to, especially given the self-conscious, postmodern, meandering narrative technique (which was one of my favorite things about the book). The film doesn’t quite make it, though it gives it [...]
It’s many films in one, which is probably why I enjoyed it. If it had been just the overwrought love story between Ralph Fiennes and Kristen Scott Thomas it would have been nothing special. If it had been just the story of Juliette Binoche nursing a burned-beyond-all-recognition Fiennes it would’ve been dull. If it had [...]
Can I first say that this was worth seeing in theatres just to hear people’s reactions at the end? “What the hell?” “I was gypped!” Hee.
