Trois Couleurs: Bleu / Three Colours: Blue (1993)

I was going to wait until we'd watched the other films in the Three Colours Trilogy, White and Red, before I posted about them, but so far we've only watched Blue and we've got loads of stuff on the DVD recorder to watch before we get round to them. 

I was looking forward to the Three Colours, as I'd read nothing but good things about them, so I was a bit disappointed when Blue turned out to be a bit, well, boring, and somewhat pretentious. That's always the danger when a foreign movie (particularly a French one!) is given high praise by critics, so I should have been ready. Juliette Binoche stars as a woman who's famous composer husband and child are killed in a car crash that she manages to walk away from, and from what I could figure out, the movie is a depiction of her grief. It typical French style though, this is done through minimal dialogue, random shots of not very much and scenes that don't seem to have much of a purpose. 

The movie did look good, and Binoche was achingly sad and I liked her performance. I have to admit that I was nodding off towards the end, never a sign that I'm really into a movie (Blade Runner had the same effect on me). I am looking forward to the next one in the trilogy, which I believe is White, as I know it's a comedy, so at least if there's not much plot, there should be some laughs.