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In

DVD003918

Blue

Kieslowski, Krzysztof

Criterion Collection, 2011

Description:

BluRay - Zone A.   viewing copy.   1 videodisc of 1.
color.   widescreen.   sound - Dolby.  

Notes:

Supplemental features include: video essay by Annette Insdorf (21 min); selected scene commentary by Binoche (25 min); interview with Zbigniew Preisner (composer) (2011, 22 min); reflections on BLUE (2011, 17 min); roundtable on Kieslowski’s early years (2003, 15 min).

Titles

+ Kieslowski’s Cinema Lesson: Blue

Director:

Rabourdin, Dominique

Production Co:

MK2TV

Running Time:

Short.   8 minutes

Sound:

sound - Dolby

Color:

color

Country:

France

Year:

1994

Language:

Polish with French and optional English subtitles

Genre:

Television Production, Educational, Female Directors

Notes:

Kieslowski discusses some of his aesthetic and editing processes, especially a close-up of a dissolving sugar cube.

+ Tram, The

Alternate Title:

Tramwaj

Director:

Kieslowski, Krzysztof

Production Co:

Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Filmowa w Lodzi

Running Time:

Short.   6 minutes

Sound:

silent - no soundtrack

Color:

b/w

Country:

Poland

Year:

1966

Genre:

Drama, Silent Cinema

Notes:

Student film by Kieslowski. In the night a boy runs and boards a tram. Inside are a worker and a pretty girl who ignores the boy's attempts to make her laugh and falls asleep. When the boy exits the tram, he thinks again and, as at the beginning, runs after the tram while the girl continues to sleep.

Link to:

FII catalog |

+ Face, The

Director:

Studzinski, Piotr

Production Co:

Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Filmowa w Lodzi

Running Time:

Short.   6 minutes

Sound:

sound - Dolby

Color:

b/w

Country:

Poland

Year:

1966

Genre:

Drama

Notes:

Student film starring Kieslowski.

+ Blue

Alternate Title:

Bleu; Tres Couleurs Bleu

Director:

Kieslowski, Krzysztof

Production Co:

MK2 Productions; CEO Productions; France 3 Cinéma; CAB Productions; Zespol Filmowy 'Tor'; Canal+; Eurimages Conseil de l'Europe; CNC - Centre national de la cinématographie

Running Time:

Feature.   98 minutes

Sound:

sound - Dolby

Color:

color

Country:

France, Switzerland, Poland

Year:

1993

Language:

French with optional English subtitles

Genre:

Drama

Notes:

First of Kieslowski’s “Three Colors” trilogy. Winner of the 1993 Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup for Best Actress (Juliette Binoche). A woman streamlines her life after surviving the accident that kills her young daughter and composer husband. Supplemental features include: video essay by Annette Insdorf (21 min); KIESLOWSKI’S CINEMA LESSON: BLUE (Dominique Rabourdin, 1994, 8 min); selected scene commentary by Binoche (25 min); interview with Zbigniew Preisner (composer) (2011, 22 min); relfections on BLUE (2011, 17 min); roundtable on Kieslowski’s early years (2003, 15 min); THE TRAM (Kieslowski, 1966, 6 min); THE FACE (Piotr Studzinski, 1966, 6 min).

Link to:

FII catalog |