The 'Three Colours' Trilogy

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-85170-569-9
Verlag: British Film Institute

Buch, Englisch, 96 Seiten, Format (B × H): 133 mm x 191 mm, Gewicht: 170 g

Reihe: BFI Modern Classics

The Three Colours Trilogy by Krzysztof Kieslowski (1941-1996) is generally regarded as a major triumph of European cinema. An examination of how the ideals of the French Revolution--liberty, equality and fraternity--have meaning in modern life, the trilogy combines visual elegance, narrative complexity, and virtuoso performances to extraordinary effect. In this highly personal appreciation of the trilogy, Geoff Andrew analyzes how Kieslowski used his command of the cinema to open up the inner lives of his characters and to chart the way in which these lives are ruled by unseen forces. For Andrew, the trilogy is a poignant, thrilling hymn to the resilience of compassion in the face of adversity. Tracing the links between the trilogy and Kieslowski's earlier work, he argues that Blue (1993), White, and Red (both 1994) are the summation of Kieslowski's art. This book, which concludes with one of the last interviews Kieslowski ever gave, is a tribute to an exceptional filmmaker.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andrew, Geoff

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew, Geoff
<b>Geoff Andrew</b> is Film Editor of Time Out magazine and the author of several books, including The Film Handbook, The Films of Nicholas Ray, and Stranger than Paradise: Maverick Film-makers in the Recent American Cinema.