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Mike Brown Blue
Mike Brown Blue
2/13/17
International Film
After World War II, France entered a new era of filmmaking known as French New Wave
cinema. The style set the standard for how French filmmaking was handled and a slew of
important releases were spawned. There was a rebellion in this era, with filmmakers
going against the grain and finding new techniques and styles for storytelling, visuals,
and editing. These new techniques continued into the 90s, which brought us the Three
Rushton, Richard. "Reading Three Colours: Blue." Senses of Cinema. N.p., 08 June 2011.
The article raises some good analysis questions about this film and creates a wider sense
of depth about it. Are we really seeing the film through Julies point of view? Is the car
crash really blocked from Julies memory? Is Julie pretending? We see that the camera is
always on Julie, and totally focused on her. From that, we see that Julie rarely shows her
emotions. Does she really feel the grief of this situation? Whats important to think about
is the fact that we do not see the car crash happen, we see the results of the crash but we
never see the impact. This may lead us to the assumption that we arent supposed to think
about it and maybe thats how Julie sees it. There are many scenes in the film where the
scene will go black with her husbands music accompanying the dark screen, which could
mean that Julie is blocking those memories out. There are many questions and ideas to
think of when viewing this film, and the interpretation can be different from viewer to
viewer.
This article opened my eyes to many concepts in the film. It made a lot of the minor
details make sense. Upon viewing the film, I couldnt quite grasp the visuals and ideas
that were being thrown at me. Reading this article helped clear the fact that blue was a
very important visual aspect of the film, and that many things needed to be thought about
and questioned. It is clear that Julie was experiencing grief and a struggle to overcome
these feelings, but taking a deeper look at her emotions, reactions, body language, and
even the way the scene was filmed can make these feelings look differently towards the
viewer. This article has made it clear that this film cannot be viewed on a surface level,
4. Write a critical analysis of the film, including your personal opinion, formed as a result
feeling of grief and the desire to recover and move on, a feeling most people can relate to.
Throughout the film, small elements become big reminders of the past. The colors blue
and red are shown in many key scenes to represent the feelings the character is going
through. The title makes us aware of this, and so while viewing the film we become
highly aware of visuals and colors and the depth becomes clear quickly. It is definitely a
film that Ive had to sit on. Upon viewing it, I really did not enjoy the film. It felt unclear
to me and confusing, but sitting on it and thinking more about it made the idea of the film
make sense to me. To properly understand it and enjoy it, I think I may have to see it
again.
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clearly explain that in the paper.
3) (x) If I used any passages word for word, I put quotations around those words, or used
indentation and citation within the text.
4) (x) I have not padded the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the
bibliography in the text of the paper.
5) (x) I have cited in the bibliography only the pages I personally read.
6) (x) I have used direct quotations only in cases where it could not be stated in another
way. I cited the source within the paper and in the bibliography.
7) (x) I did not so over-use direct quotations that the paper lacks interpretation or
originality.
8) (x) I checked yes on steps 1-7 and therefore have been fully transparent about the
research and ideas used in my paper.