Three Colors: Red

Awesome!!! This movie is the third installment of the trilogy and it was wonderful although not as good as it's predecessors it tells its own story and wraps up everything quite nicely. I love the magic and connections between these 3 films: Blue, White and Red.

A perfect way to round out a wonderful trilogy of films, only very loosely connected but with tones that feel like they flow effortlessly into one another. After the more intensely dramatic "Blue" and comedic "White", we finish with the quietly absorbing and sweet "Red", a tale about two very different people gradually becoming friends after a chance car accident.

It's one of those films that doesn't necessarily have a specific aspect one can point to that makes the film outstanding, but the more one watches the film the more they find themselves drawn into the lives of these characters, in a way not unlike the eavesdropping of the judge in the film. It's a film of quiet surprises and lovely small moments.

This was the final movie in a fantastic trilogy by Polish Director Krzysztof Kieślowski (the others are Three Colors: Blue and Three Colors: White).  I look forward to checking out his other work.

While I can't relate much to the meaning behind much of his work (I am still reading up on the history of France and the colors on their flag) I loved the overall feel of this film and the way that the story unfolds.  At different points it reminded me of The Conversation (one of the best films that seems largely forgotten about when we talk about all-time great films).  While many have said that Jacob can't hold a candle to Binoche I think that is a bit unfair as Binoche had a lot more to work with in the first film. 

And then.... there's the ending.  I didn't love it and - I hate to criticize the director - it seems to have cheapened the rest of the film and potentially the trilogy.  The odd thing about that is that as things turned right before that I thought the film had really ascended to an amazing level.  

The best of the trilogy. Exceptional Irene Jacob.

Three colors red is an amazing closure for a trilogy where each film couldnt be more similar to each other yet still show such different aspects by going all in and showing us their unique stories.
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity are the cornerstones of these three movies and the cinematography breathes those words in every scene, not only by being drenched in blue, red and partly even white/bright filters making each of the movies distinct and easily recognizable from one another, but also by using these words and colors to further amplify the meaning of them and their connection to the protagonists of the films.

Julie in Blue lost her whole family and later found out that her husband hurt her for worse even after his death, but found a liberating peacefulness in acceptance and forgiveness when finding out about the double life her husband lived.

Karol in White gets to learn how even with a lot of money at the end of the day all humans are equal and the only thing that drives and amplifies the impact humans have on eachother are the interpersonal relationships and connections that form with people that care for you as you care for them.

And Valentine as ironic as it is has experiences the biggest fraternity when connecting with a retired judge, almost double her age that has a hobby in stalking other peoples phoneslines and not with her family or date.

Each of these movies shines in their own unique way and the trilogy culminates in a satisfying ending in red that ties all of the protagonists together, leading their actions to a rewarding conclusion and making the unpredictable cinematic butterfly effect in this trilogy one of the best of its kind.

Three Colours trilogy (French: Trois couleurs, Polish: Trzy kolory)
Trois Couleurs Bleu (1993) Three Colours Blue https://trakt.tv/movies/three-colors-blue-1993
Trois Couleurs Blanc (1994) Three Colours White https://trakt.tv/movies/three-colors-white-1994
Trois Couleurs Rouge (1994) Three Colors Red https://trakt.tv/movies/three-colors-red-1994

Tangeling coincidents, amaizing atmosphere , totally recommended

Third one and the boring one...

I watched this movie as part of a weekly movie study class I'm involved with during The Great Pandemic of 2020. I'll say that while this movie was diverting, I couldn't get past the exhausted gender roles trope at play here. Don't know what I mean? Click the spoiler. [spoiler]The retired judge is engaged in bad behavior which he acknowledges that he needs to stop doing. But does he? Not until there's a vagina-bearing person who points it out. "Men need women to reform them," is a bunk idea that should have died in the 1950s.[/spoiler] The fact that the entire plot is wedded to this ruined the movie for me.