Not an earth-shaking theme, to be sure, but this is art-house cinema of a very traditional kind, and its pleasures are familiar rather than compelling.
Red (1994)
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Fresh:40
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Average Rating:8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: The final installment of Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's brilliant THREE COLORS trilogy, RED stands for Fraternity (of Liberty and Equality) in the French flag and national motto. Valentine... The final installment of Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's brilliant THREE COLORS trilogy, RED stands for Fraternity (of Liberty and Equality) in the French flag and national motto. Valentine Dussaut (the angelic Irene Jacob), a young student and model, accidentally hits a dog with her car. She attends to its injuries, only to discover that the animal's bitter owner, Judge Joseph Kern (Jean-Louis Trintignant), doesn't care for it--or anything--anymore. Valentine adopts the dog, but it runs away, straight back to the judge's home. When she returns to fetch the animal, she is shocked to find the judge eavesdropping on his neighbors' telephone conversations. Although initially morally disgusted, Valentine finds herself mesmerized by him; his sorrow and isolation intrigue her, and mirror her own feelings of sadness. Soon their relationship evolves into a platonic, yet passionate love that frees the judge from his guilt and cynicism, and opens a future of happiness for Valentine. Kieslowski's last film as a director is a bona fide work of art--aesthetically pleasing, philosophically challenging, and supremely engaging. As in the other films of the trilogy where he makes intentional use of the colors of the titles BLUE and WHITE within the films, here he employs the color red, on several levels, to further explore and illuminate the themes of this particular story. Although the director's early death was a tragic loss for the film world, his THREE COLORS trilogy will stand forever as one of cinema's most profound achievements. [More]
Starring: Irčne Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frederique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit
Starring: Irčne Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frederique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Composer: Zbigniew Preisner
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Reviews for Red
With Red, Kieslowski pulls together in a wondrous way his posturing about where human life fits into the greater scheme of things in this vast universe.
A satisfying conclusion to Krzysztof Kieslowski's spectacular Polish- French- Swiss Three Colors trilogy.
In this final installment of a glorious trilogy ... [Kieslowski] has saved his greatest for last.
the narrative seems delicate but precise, and it is difficult to say why the story and the images are so captivating, except that the film’s modulation of revelation, beauty and anticipation is exquisite.
Jacob is so good in the role, so effective at suggesting a mingling of innocence and intuition, that it's easy to imagine why Red was written with her in mind.
The last segment of Kiewsloski's Three Color trilogy (Blue, White) is the jewel in the crown, meditative and mystical as the others yet warmer and more accessible in large part due to Jacob and Trintingnant's appealing performances.
Red will convince you of the importance of chance encounters in the quest for love and meaning in life.
Nothing quite captures the chills quite like the way the closing shot does
Red is not a movie by a filmmaker who has run out of ideas, but one by an artist at the height of his powers.
Red succeeds so stirringly that it also bestows some much-needed magic upon its predecessors.
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