( aka 'Three Colours: Red or 'Red' or 'Three Colors: Red' or 'Trzy kolory: Czerwony' )

by Krzysztof Kieslowski
France 1994

A beautifully woven tale of chance encounters and relationships, Red is Kieslowski's best, and possibly final, film. Red is an altogether darker colour than blue and white and this is reflected in the film. Rich and complex in both tone and emotion, Red defies the usual conventions of associating the colour with blood, danger and evil (in most films, red is used to represent evil, blue is good and white is for innocence) and instead uses it to signify optimism, frustration and FRATERNITE.

Irene Jacob gives a splendid performance as Valentine, a young model who meets a former judge (Jean-Loius Trintignant) and together grow closer. They explore the boundaries of their relationship and rekindle qualities in each other that had been forgotten or neglected. Their influence on Valentine's neighbour, a judge to be, and his girlfriend parallels the implications of extending a fraternal hand to those in need.

As with the rest of the trilogy, Kieslowski's use of locations is truly masterful lending the streets of Geneva a serene beauty. Innovative camera work allows the film to almost hypnotize the viewer, drawing them into the world of the characters and evoking an empathy with them and their destinies.

Excerpt of review by Neil Chue Hong at Edinburgh U Film Society located HERE

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Distribution Artificial Eye Region 2 - PAL (ART085DVD)
Region 2 (Europe, Middle East, Japan)

MiraMax  - Region 1  NTSC

North America

Runtime 1:35:06  (PAL Speed-up)

1:39:12

Video 1.85:1.00 Letterboxed WideScreen / anamorphic
Average Bitrate: 5.31 mb/s
PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s		 1.85:1.00 Letterboxed WideScreen / anamorphic
Average Bitrate:4.65 mb/s
NTSC 960x540 29.97 f/s
Bitrate: Artificial Eye 

Bitrate: Buena Vista 

Audio French (Dolby Digital 2.0) 

French (Dolby Digital 2.0) 

Subtitles English, None (removable): English and English for the hearing impaired
Features

Aspect Ratio(s):
Widescreen letterbox - 1.85:1 anamorphic

Discographic Information:
DVD Encoding: Region 2 - PAL
Layers: Dual 

 

Edition Details:
• Krzysztof Kieslowski - masterclass. feature, where the director takes us through a single scene from the film.

• Irene Jacob - six chapters,  
• Jacques Witta - three chapters,   
• Marin Karmitz - four chapters,  
• Kieslowski, Cannes 1994 Press Interview 
'• The Making of ' Featurette - seven chapters, 

• Excerpts from the original soundtrack.Three pieces of medium length from Zbigniew Preisner’s superb score, presented in Dolby Digital 2.0. This is a particularly welcome extra as we tend only to hear snatches of the soundtrack throughout the film.

• Theatrical trailers for Blue, White and Red. These are presented non-anamorphically at 1.85:1.

NOTE: ENGLISH SUBTITLES on all extras features!

Aspect Ratio(s):
1.85:1.00 Letterboxed WideScreen / anamorphic

Discographic Information:
• Region 1 encoding - U.S and Cana

Extras

Documentary - 'Insights into Trois Coleurs: Rouge' - None anamorphic Widescreen - 20:22

Interview: 'A Conversation With Irene Jacob on Kieslowski' - 4:3 - 10:26

Kieslowski's Cinema lesson - Non-anamorphic widescreen - French and English Subs - 8:34

'Marin Karmitz Interview with selected scenes commentary'- 4 Cpaters- Widescreen anamorphic - 11:00

Audio Commentary by Annette Insdorf

Sneak Peek Trailers
• White - Pan and scan - narration in English - 1:02
• Blue - Pan and scan - narration in English - :36
• K's Heaven - Pan and Scan - narration in English - :54 

Sundry: DVD Release Date: October 29th, 2001
Transparent Keep Case
Chapters: 28 		DVD Release Date: March 4, 2003
Keep Case inside a Box Set
Chapters: 17
Comments: The Buena Vista release is by far the best. I always felt the Artificial Eye version had the poorest quality of the 3 R2 versions and it really shows up here. Everything is better about the R1, even with the obvious edge enhancement... the extras (because of the commentary), the menu's... and especially the much sharper image quality. Bravo Buena Vista GREAT JOB !

Gary W. Tooze

Note: R2 - Although the case states that the film has a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, it is in fact 2.0 unlike Blue which was 5.0, stating it was 5.1.

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French Cinema: A Student's Guide
by Philip Powrie, Keith Reader 		Agnes Varda by Alison Smith Godard on Godard : Critical Writings by Jean-Luc Godard Notes on the Cinematographer by Robert Bresson Robert Bresson (Cinematheque Ontario Monographs, No. 2)
by James Quandt		 The Art of Cinema by Jean Cocteau French New Wave
by Jean Douchet, Robert Bonnono, Cedric Anger, Robert Bononno 		French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present
by Remi Fournier Lanzoni

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Can also be purchased in the Tri-Colors Boxsets

 

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North America

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