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Hable con ella (2002)
Exquisite! (Spoiler warnings)
Best watched on a big screen, so you can soak it up. The overall texture, the interweaving strands of the story draw you in. What we see is moving and beautiful. The singer at the summer party. The memory of the woman in Africa escaping the snake. Passion at the ballet. Powerful unrequited love. Deep friendship. In amongst these feelings and being mesmerised by turns, the whole is simply beautiful.
The modern dance sequences underline beguiling music and we care, we really do care very much what happens to the people in the end. A sure sign of a good film.
This was a film of images. The bullfight finery (I also hate the mindless cruelty of so-called bullfighting). The bullfighter taking on the bull, Benigno thrown into the world and landing on a different set of horns in form of the justice system. Two deaths but a birth of sorts - "Everything's not lost" in the words of Coldplay - Alicia emerges from the coma.
I watched the last dance sequence three times on the DVD. then I went back to the song in the villa, fantastic.
Simply delicious.
Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993)
Excellently executed, sensitive and moving drama.
This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Not only for Juliette Binoche's excellent performance, but also for the delicate cinematography, the haunting music and the overall texture of immersion in the world of the young woman. If you are after car chases, exploding jets and gun-toting macho muscle-men, then stop reading now, this is not for you.
I enjoyed the other two films in the trilogy ("Three colours Red" and "Three Colours White"), but "...Blue" is easily the best. Kieslowski's movies are very different from the formulaic action movies that steer you firmly down a plotline, without giving the audience time to absorb any feeling. Without giving anything away, the story centres on the life of a young woman who experiences a great loss, and how everything changes, how she reacts, what happens next and much more. Music plays a central part in the plot and the scene where her finger traces the score as she shapes the symphony for Europe, is unforgettable. As you watch it you are lulled by the music yet also aware of the tension between her lover and her. Simply put, this film is subtle and moving, beautiful to watch, has a haunting musical soundtrack (I bought the CD as well, I have to say) and is never sentimental or cliched, not for a minute. There are little link scenes that join this movie with the other "Three colours..." movies - the storylines are separate but overlap.
If you liked this, see also "Three colours Red" and "The Unbearable lightness of Being". It's best on the big screen.
Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993)
Excellently executed, sensitive and moving drama.
This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Not only for Juliette Binoche's excellent performance, but also for the delicate cinematography, the haunting music and the overall texture of immersion in the world of the young woman. If you are after car chases, exploding jets and gun-toting macho muscle-men, then stop reading now, this is not for you.
I enjoyed the other two films in the trilogy ("Three colours Red" and "Three Colours White"), but "...Blue" is easily the best. Kieslowski's movies are very different from the formulaic action movies that steer you firmly down a plotline, without giving the audience time to absorb any feeling. Without giving anything away, the story centres on the life of a young woman who experiences a great loss, and how everything changes, how she reacts, what happens next and much more. Music plays a central part in the plot and the scene where her finger traces the score as she shapes the symphony for Europe, is unforgettable. As you watch it you are lulled by the music yet also aware of the tension between her lover and her. Simply put, this film is subtle and moving, beautiful to watch, has a haunting musical soundtrack (I bought the CD as well, I have to say) and is never sentimental or cliched, not for a minute. There are little link scenes that join this movie with the other "Three colours..." movies - the storylines are separate but overlap.
If you liked this, see also "Three colours Red" and "The Unbearable lightness of Being". It's best on the big screen.