| Title: Trois Couleurs: Rouge Starring: Ir�ne Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Fr�d�rique Feder Genre: Drama, Foriegn Rated: Unrated. Rating: **** (out of ****) Beautiful. Trois Couleurs: Rouge is the final movie in Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy of life and vitality. He makes an artistic mark with Three Colors: Red much more compelling then the other two by far. The entire movie is imagistic, virtually a living tapestry wound together by the fiery performances of these three French actors (and actresses). Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy was originally started as a plan to explain life through the use of colors and he hit it dead on, closing triumpantly with Three Colors: Red. Though the ending was a little iffy, the bulk of the movie cannot be forgotten and unites the three while still staying individual. Three Colors: Red starts off with a model, Valentine (Ir�ne Jacob), exploring her personal loneliness. It also shows a different man, Karin (Fr�d�rique Feder), who is far away from the love of his life. These two, though they never actually meet, seem to pull towards each other magnificently. While Valentine searchs for love and fulfillment in life, Karin searchs for success and keeping what he has. After running over a dog, Valentine quickly returns it to its owner, a surly man who lives all alone on a hilltop (Jean-Louis Trintignant). The man cares not for the dog, Valentine, or, as she finds out, his own life. Through clever persistance, Valentine gets once more to meet the old man and finds out he's a judge. His name is never mentioned. The Judge decides to let Valentine in and shows her what he does with his life and why he likes being alone. He spies on people's phone conversations by taping into them. Valentine is horrified, but slowly comes to accept The Judge as he realizes the shame found within his own sick obsession. Meanwhile, Karin is searching around for his lover, whom he assumes is somewhere in the city, and finds she's sleeping with another man. As you find out, Karin's character is indentical to The Judge's own earlier life, leading to a very perplexing ending. Three Colors: Red uses imagery and masterful acting to hold the watcher spellbound. Though The Judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is a very interesting and amazing character to view, Ir�ne Jacob's performance of Valentine is a show stopper and generally captivates and shines. These two have such amazing magic together and show love in its purest form. Close to the end there is an enchanting scene where the two merely talk inside an abandoned fashion show, but even that is a beautiful conversation and thrives with life. The most thought provoking of the three, Three Colors: Red gets four out of four stars, like all the other Three Color members and joins with the rest on Alaay's Classics. -Alaay- |