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Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)
excellent conclusion to 'three colors' trilogy
While it is the final installment of the 'three colors' trilogy, Red has no problem standing on its own. Although not nearly as dark as Blue, it had me engrossed early in. Like many of Kieslowski's films, Red is constantly examining missed opportunities, but I think more than anything else questions its characters' motives; through the eyes of the altruistic Valentine (Jacob). The way the director played with color gave this movie a lot of style which only made me appreciate it that much more.
Al di là delle nuvole (1995)
fresh read of film
although the way the film was broken into four parts did appeal to me, much of the dialogue seemed artificial. Jean Reno and Irene Jacob (of course) were excellent. I also liked how Peter Weller's character cut back and forth in languages when he got angry. But the musical score as well as John Malcovichs' portrayal left much to be improved upon. The scenery was excellent... and the atmosphere kept with the theme, but Jacob and Reno really seemed to be carrying too much of a load to bear...ultimately too slow and contrived.