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Poll Question: Which of these films "hues" most to your taste?
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    Posted: March 20 2019 at 12:46
The following quotes are copied from two Wikipedia entries as I'm being too lazy to use my own words:

"The Three Colours trilogy is the collective title of three films directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, two made in French and one primarily in Polish: Three Colours: Blue (1993), Three Colours: White (1994), and Three Colours: Red (1994). All three were co-written by Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz (with story consultants Agnieszka Holland and Sławomir Idziak) and have musical scores by Zbigniew Preisner."

"The Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy (also known as the Cornetto trilogy or the Blood and Ice Cream trilogy) is a series of British comedic genre films directed by Edgar Wright, written by Wright and Simon Pegg, produced by Nira Park, and starring Pegg and Nick Frost. The trilogy consists of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013).

The name originates from a "silly joke" during the promotion of Hot Fuzz. Wright had written in Cornetto ice cream as a hangover cure for Frost's character in Shaun of the Dead, based on his own experiences. In Hot Fuzz, Wright included a couple of brief throwaway scenes that referred to the Cornetto joke in Shaun. On the promotional tour of Hot Fuzz during production of The World's End, one interviewer pointed out the use of Cornetto in the first two films, and Wright jokingly said that they represent a trilogy comparable to Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours film trilogy."

Feel free to vote even if you aren't familiar with all of these.





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I like all six of them to varying degrees. I'll go with Red since it's the first I've seen of the bunch (saw it in 1996) and I fell in love with Irene Jacob. Hell, I'm looking at the big Red poster with her profile shot hanging in my den as I write this.
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Originally posted by Prog Sothoth Prog Sothoth wrote:

I like all six of them to varying degrees. I'll go with Red since it's the first I've seen of the bunch (saw it in 1996) and I fell in love with Irene Jacob. Hell, I'm looking at the big Red poster with her profile shot hanging in my den as I write this.


Cool about the poster.

I'd love to have that poster, and I had the same reaction with Irene Jacob (was also rather in love with Gong Li at the time due to her films with Zhang Yimou). I also saw Red in 1996. I watched them in Blue, White, then Red order (Red is the one that I've re-watched the most) Those films all had a big effect on me. I wrote a long paper on the liberty, equality, and fraternity themes of the trilogy which I still have on 3 1⁄2-inch floppy disc somewhere.

Of the Cornetto films, I enjoy Hot Fuzz the most, followed by Shaun of the Dead.
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Originally posted by Prog Sothoth Prog Sothoth wrote:

I like all six of them to varying degrees. I'll go with Red since it's the first I've seen of the bunch (saw it in 1996) and I fell in love with Irene Jacob. Hell, I'm looking at the big Red poster with her profile shot hanging in my den as I write this.



That is incredibly coincidental Dave. Except I have the Veronique poster in my Den, and the Red poster is hanging in the living room.

Great minds think alikeLOL

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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Originally posted by Prog Sothoth Prog Sothoth wrote:

I like all six of them to varying degrees. I'll go with Red since it's the first I've seen of the bunch (saw it in 1996) and I fell in love with Irene Jacob. Hell, I'm looking at the big Red poster with her profile shot hanging in my den as I write this.



That is incredibly coincidental Dave. Except I have the Veronique poster in my Den, and the Red poster is hanging in the living room.

Great minds think alikeLOL


Originally I was going to do this as just a Kieślowski poll, but changed my mind at the last second (thought this approach might have a somewhat wider appeal). Then you would have had two posters from the list.

EDIT: I'm going to give the dark comedy-esque White a vote, which is often considered to be the least of the trilogy, but I love in its own right.   Love all of Three Colours.

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White is great. I love the shot of humor too after the emotional carnage of Blue, which I voted for.

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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Originally posted by Prog Sothoth Prog Sothoth wrote:

I like all six of them to varying degrees. I'll go with Red since it's the first I've seen of the bunch (saw it in 1996) and I fell in love with Irene Jacob. Hell, I'm looking at the big Red poster with her profile shot hanging in my den as I write this.
 

Cool about the poster.

I'd love to have that poster, and I had the same reaction with Irene Jacob (was also rather in love with Gong Li at the time due to her films with Zhang Yimou). I also saw Red in 1996. I watched them in Blue, White, then Red order (Red is the one that I've re-watched the most) Those films all had a big effect on me. I wrote a long paper on the liberty, equality, and fraternity themes of the trilogy which I still have on 3 1⁄2-inch floppy disc somewhere.

Of the Cornetto films, I enjoy Hot Fuzz the most, followed by Shaun of the Dead.

I wound up watching the 3 Colours trilogy out of order (Red, Blue, White). My father's favorite is White..I'm thinking because it moved at a pretty upbeat pace for a Kieslowski film.LOL
I got heavy into Asian cinema in the late 90's via the HK scene, and the first actress I fell in love with was Joey Wong thanks to A Chinese Ghost Story. She took my breath away.

As for the other trilogy here, I love Shaun and Hot Fuzz was cool, but as much as I loved the concept of The World's End, I just wasn't feeling the latter third or so as much as I wished.

Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

That is incredibly coincidental Dave. Except I have the Veronique poster in my Den, and the Red poster is hanging in the living room.

Sweet! After the 3 Colours trilogy I wasted no time in watching Veronique. Many years later I got the Criterion DVD of that flick, but I still haven't watched the DVD or all the extras yet.I should get around to that...it's been so long since I've seen it.


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Originally posted by Prog Sothoth Prog Sothoth wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Originally posted by Prog Sothoth Prog Sothoth wrote:

I like all six of them to varying degrees. I'll go with Red since it's the first I've seen of the bunch (saw it in 1996) and I fell in love with Irene Jacob. Hell, I'm looking at the big Red poster with her profile shot hanging in my den as I write this.
 

Cool about the poster.

I'd love to have that poster, and I had the same reaction with Irene Jacob (was also rather in love with Gong Li at the time due to her films with Zhang Yimou). I also saw Red in 1996. I watched them in Blue, White, then Red order (Red is the one that I've re-watched the most) Those films all had a big effect on me. I wrote a long paper on the liberty, equality, and fraternity themes of the trilogy which I still have on 3 1⁄2-inch floppy disc somewhere.

Of the Cornetto films, I enjoy Hot Fuzz the most, followed by Shaun of the Dead.

I wound up watching the 3 Colours trilogy out of order (Red, Blue, White). My father's favorite is White..I'm thinking because it moved at a pretty upbeat pace for a Kieslowski film.LOL
I got heavy into Asian cinema in the late 90's via the HK scene, and the first actress I fell in love with was Joey Wong thanks to A Chinese Ghost Story. She took my breath away.

As for the other trilogy here, I love Shaun and Hot Fuzz was cool, but as much as I loved the concept of The World's End, I just wasn't feeling the latter third or so as much as I wished.

Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

That is incredibly coincidental Dave. Except I have the Veronique poster in my Den, and the Red poster is hanging in the living room.

Sweet! After the 3 Colours trilogy I wasted no time in watching Veronique. Many years later I got the Criterion DVD of that flick, but I still haven't watched the DVD or all the extras yet.I should get around to that...it's been so long since I've seen it.


Oh yeah. I have the Criterion Veronique. Such a beautiful looking film and lots of cool extras that shed some light. Check it out for sure!

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Originally posted by Prog Sothoth Prog Sothoth wrote:

I like all six of them to varying degrees. I'll go with Red since it's the first I've seen of the bunch (saw it in 1996) and I fell in love with Irene Jacob. Hell, I'm looking at the big Red poster with her profile shot hanging in my den as I write this.

You ought to get THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE ... Irene is even better in there! And the use of the music in that film is probably the best that Kieslowski ever did!

I have not looked at it yet ... is the Cornetto stuff available on the tube? It's the only chance I will have to watch it ... it's got me curious!


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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Originally posted by Prog Sothoth Prog Sothoth wrote:

I like all six of them to varying degrees. I'll go with Red since it's the first I've seen of the bunch (saw it in 1996) and I fell in love with Irene Jacob. Hell, I'm looking at the big Red poster with her profile shot hanging in my den as I write this.

You ought to get THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE ... Irene is even better in there! And the use of the music in that film is probably the best that Kieslowski ever did!

I have not looked at it yet ... is the Cornetto stuff available on the tube? It's the only chance I will have to watch it ... it's got me curious!


Great point. How did I forget to mention. Veronique has, hands down, the MOST beautiful music you will ever encounter in a film. If you enjoy moving, dreamy, melancholic classical music, you need to hear the soundtrack....or just watch the film.

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Zbigniew Preisner's The Double Life of Veronique soundtrack is gorgeous (I have it and his Three Colours soundtracks. His work on Dekalog and on Agnieszka Holland's Europa, Europa and Olivier Olivier is also worth hearing (and those are are well-worth watching for someone into Kieslowski).

As for the Cornetto trilogy, I wouldn't think that those would be on youtube. They all have been on Netflix, but I realise that you don't feel that you can afford to subscribe to that, Pedro (they usually have one month free trials). Americans get a better selection than we do in Canada, I might mention this in the Zhang Yimou thread too, but one can search for titles using https://usa.newonnetflix.info/catalog. There would be other places to find them online, but I couldn't endorse those (and one can risk viruses).

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And don't forget his music in Holland's "The Secret Garden." He should go down as one of the greats. 

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Ah yes, I have seen that too. Can't say I remember it well. It's one to re-watch or just listen to the soundtrack on its own..
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^ That line from Shaun of the Dead would have fit the epic pub crawl of "The World's End" nicely.

For some reason the "great, big, bushy beard" Hot Fuzz line is the one that has most entered my consciousness from the Cornetto films.

Inspector Frank Butterman: "And he had one thing you haven't got."
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Kyrzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours film trilogy (especially Blue) are among my least favorite "serious" movies - all severely beaten by the even more annoying Double Live of Veronique though - I've been more moved by female characters in slasher movies. We just don't match I guess. I'm not the biggest fan of Preisner music either really - but I used to find in quite enchanting. Haven't seen The Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy but I'm certain I'd prefer it.
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For me the trilogy is not so much about the characters as it is the look and certain themes that run through the Three Colours Trilogy. As a character, I found myself most drawn to one of the male ones, the Polish immigrant Karol Karol in White. My favourite Kieslowski overall is the ten-part miniseries Dekalog, which I think superb.

You'd probably quite enjoy "Three Flavours" -- lots of fun.

Speaking of horror films, the other sleepless night I put together a folk/ rural horror film poll (with pagan/ occult elements), but lost it in transit as I had just watched Blood on Satan's Claw. Hot Fuzz has some relation to that ilk (a la The Wicker Man, though Hot Fuzz is quite a different take on an outsider policemen in a village with sinister things afoot).

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