DVD
Three colors, blue = Trois couleurs, bleu
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
DVD special ed.
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, [2011]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
A young woman is left devastated by the unexpected death of her husband and child. She retreats from the world around her, but is soon reluctantly drawn into an ever-widening web of lies and passion as the dark, secret life of her husband begins to unravel. The first of a trilogy by Krzysztof Kieślowski, followed by White and Red.
Notes
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: cinema lesson with director Krzysztof Kieślowski ; video essay by film studies professor Annette Insdorf ; interview with Three colors composer Zbigniew Preisner ; selected scene commentary featuring actor Juliette Binoche ; "Reflections on Blue," an interview program featuring film critic Geoff Andrew, Binoche, filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, cinematographer Sławomir Idziak, Insdorf, and editor Jacques Witta.