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4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

Three colors, blue = Trois couleurs, bleu

Call Number

  • 4K BLU-RAY FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

In French, with English subtitles.

Performers

Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Héléne Vincent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry, Emmanuelle Riva, Philippe Volter, Claude Duneton, Hugues Quester.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2023]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

This boldly cinematic trio of stories about love and loss, from Krzysztof Kieślowski, was a defining event of the art-house boom of the 1990s. The films are named for the colors of the French flag and stand for the tenets of the French Revolution--liberty, equality, and fraternity--but that hardly begins to explain their enigmatic beauty and rich humanity. Set in Paris, Warsaw, and Geneva, and ranging from tragedy to comedy, Blue, White, and Red (Kieślowski's final film) examine with artistic clarity a group of ambiguously interconnected people experiencing profound personal disruptions. Marked by intoxicating cinematography and stirring performances by Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy, Irène Jacob, and Jean-Louis Trintignant, Kieślowski's Three Colors is a benchmark of contemporary cinema.

In the devastating first film of Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors trilogy, Juliette Binoche gives a tour de force performance as Julie, a woman reeling from the tragic death of her husband and young daughter. But Blue is more than just a blistering study of grief; it's also a tale of liberation, as Julie attempts to free herself from the past while confronting truths about the life of her late husband, a composer. Shot in sapphire tones by Sławomir Idziak, and set to an extraordinary operatic score by Zbigniew Preisner, Blue is an overwhelming sensory experience.

Notes

This is a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and requires a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player; it will not play in standard Blu-ray or DVD players. For full 4K UHD effects, a 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR and a high-speed HDMI (category 2) cable are required.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.

Issued as part of the box set: Three colors (Blue, White, Red) by the Criterion Collection.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ; one 4K UHD disc presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with special features ; On Blue, a video essay by film critic Annette Insdorf ; cinema lesson with director Krzysztof Kieślowski ; selected-scene commentary featuring actor Juliette Binoche ; interview with composer Zbigniew Preisner ; Reflections on Blue, an interview program featuring Binoche, Insdorf, filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, cinematographer Sławomir Idziak, and editor Jacques Witta ; Kieślowski: the early years, an interview program from 2003 featuring film critic Geoff Andrew, Holland, Idziak, Insdorf, and actor Irène Jacob ; two student films --The Tram (1966) by Kieślowski and The Face (1966) starring Kieślowski ; trailer.

Contents

  • [Disc one.] 4K Ultra HD version
  • [Disc two.] Blu-ray version.

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