Ready for Her Close-up
June 04, 2012
Film Info
- France
- 1993
- 98 minutes
- Color
- 1.85:1
- French
- Spine #588
In the devastating first film of the Three Colors trilogy, Juliette Binoche gives a tour de force performance as Julie, a woman reeling from the tragic death of her husband and young daughter. But Blue is more than just a blistering study of grief; it’s also a tale of liberation, as Julie attempts to free herself from the past while confronting truths about the life of her late husband, a composer. Shot in sapphire tones by Sławomir Idziak, and set to an extraordinary operatic score by Zbigniew Preisner, Blue is an overwhelming sensory experience.
Cast
| Julie | Juliette Binoche |
| Olivier | Benoît Régent |
| Sandrine | Florence Pernel |
| Lucille | Charlotte Véry |
| Journalist | Hélène Vincent |
| Real estate agent | Philippe Volter |
| Doctor | Claude Duneton |
| Patrice, Julie’s husband | Hugues Quester |
| Julie’s mother | Emmanuelle Riva |
| Copyist | Florence Vignon |
| Street musician | Jacek Ostaszewski |
| Neighbor | Catherine Therouenne |
| Antoine | Yann Trégouët |
| Maid | Isabelle Sadoyan |
| Gardener | Pierre Forget |
Credits
| Director | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Producer | Marin Karmitz |
| Screenplay | Krzysztof Piesiewicz and Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Cinematography | Slawomir Idziak |
| Original music | Zbigniew Preisner |
| Editing | Jacques Witta |
| Sound | Jean-Claude Laureux |
| Sound mixer | William Flageollet |
| Production design | Claude Lenoir |
| Assistant director | Emmanuel Finkiel |
| Executive producer | Yvon Crenn |
| Screenplay consultants | Agnieszka Holland, Edward Zebrowski and Slawomir Idziak |
| Dialogue translator | Marcin Latallo |
| Casting | Margot Caplier |
| Script continuity | Geneviève Dufour |
| Set photographer | Piotr Jaxa |
| Costume design | Virginie Viard and Naima Lagrange |
| Hair and makeup | Valérie Tranier and Jean-Pierre Caminade |
Disc Features
- New high-definition digital restoration (with 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
- Cinema lesson with director Krzysztof Kieślowski
- New video essay by film studies professor Annette Insdorf
- New video interview with Three Colors composer Zbigniew Preisner
- Selected-scene commentary featuring actor Juliette Binoche
- “Reflections on Blue,” and Kieślowski: The Early Years, interview programs featuring film critic Geoff Andrew, Binoche, filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, cinematographer Sławomir Idziak, Insdorf, actor Irène Jacob, and editor Jacques Witta
- The Tram (1966), a student short by Kieślowski, and The Face (1966), a short starring Kieślowski
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
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