Krzysztof Kieslowski's - Three Colors: White - Trzy kolory: Bialy DVD Review Krzysztof Kieslowski Three Colors: White Trzy kolory: Bialy DVD Review Krzysztof Kieslowski Three Colors: White Trzy kolory: Bialy DVD Review Krzysztof Kieslowski

(aka 'Three Colours: White' or 'Three Colors: White' or 'Trois couleurs: Blanc' or 'Trzy kolory: Biały' or 'White' )

by Krzysztof Kieslowski
France 1994

"The colors blue, white and red in the French flag stand for liberty, equality and fraternity. One of the small puzzles Kieslowski sets up is how these concepts apply to his plot. As Karol deviously sets a snare for the wife he loves and hates - as he gains control of the relationship, in a way - it is hard to see how "equality" could be involved in such a struggle for supremacy. Afterwards, thinking about the film, beginning to see what Kieslowski might have been thinking, we see even richer ironies in his story."

Excerpt of Roger Ebert's review at Chicago Sun Times located HERE

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Artificial Eye Region 2 - PAL vs. Buena Vista - Region 1 - NTSC

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Distribution	Artificial Eye Region 2 - PAL (ART085DVD) Region 2 (Europe, Middle East, Japan)	MiraMax - Region 1 NTSC North America
Runtime	1:27:48 (4% PAL speedup)	1:31:36
Video	1.85:1.00 Letterboxed WideScreen / anamorphic Average Bitrate: 6.27 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s	1.85:1.00 Letterboxed WideScreen / anamorphic Average Bitrate: 4.75 mb/s NTSC 960x540 29.97 f/s
Bitrate: Artificial Eye
Bitrate: Buena Vista R1
Audio	French (Dolby Digital 5.1)	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: • Region 2 encoding • Color, Dolby • Krzysztof Kieslowski - masterclass. feature, where the director takes us through a single scene from the film. ( 10 minutes) NOTE: ENGLISH SUBTITLES on all extras features!	Aspect Ratios: 1.85:1.00 Letterboxed WideScreen / anamorphic Discographic Information: DVD Encoding: Region 1 encoding - NTSC Extras: • Documentary "A Look at Blue" - 4:3 - with non-anamorphic widescreen scenes - 7:25 • Documentary - A Discussion on Working With Kieslowski 4:3 - 18:34 • Interview 'A Conversation on Julie Delpy on Working With Kieslowski' - 4:3 - 5:35 • Kieslowski's Cinema lesson - Non-anamorphic widescreen - 10:40 ( subs in French and English ) • Audio Commentary by Annette Insdorf Sneak Peek Trailers • Red - 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: 36	DVD Release Date: March 4, 2003 Keep Case inside a Box Set Chapters: 19

Comments:

This is pretty tough. The new Buna Vista release has really reddened up the skin tones, but now we can see that the Artificial Eye release has contrast boosting. Hmmm... the Extras are in favor of the Buena Vista R1 (Commentary and a few Doc's) and I think I am going with their image quality too... regardless of the unnecessarily color manipulation. In comparison it appears as though there is too much green in the Artificial Eye release. I think the R1 is just a little sharper (look at the sky in capture #2 ).

Gary W. Tooze

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Distribution

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

MiraMax - Region 1 NTSC

North America