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Three Colours: Blue AKA Three Colors: Blue AKA Trois couleurs: Bleu AKA Blue AKA Bleu (1993)
The first part of Kieslowski's trilogy on French society.Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
OVERALL: Draw-
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Subtitles:English (FORCED)
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Picture is Betamax-sourced.
Reported to have poor picture quality. -
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Extras:Soundtrack excerpts
"Krzysztof Kieslowski: Masterclass" featurette
Interview with producer Marin Karmitz:
- "First Meeting With Kieslowski"
- "Producing The Trilogy"
- "The Incident At The Hospital"
- "Getting Rid Of Details"
- "'Blue' In Venice"
Selected-scene audio commentary by actress Juliette Binoche:
- "'Jurassic Park' Or 'Blue'?"
- "Life Within Life"
- "The Scene With The Eye"
- "Trust"
- "The Black Angel"
- "Acting"
- "The Cameraman"
- "Shooting"
- "A Smile"
Selected-scene audio commentary by editor Jacques Witta:
- "Three Kinds Of Light"
- "Three Kinds Of Editing"
- "Teamwork"
- "The Most Important Thing"
- "Rhythm"
- "The Music"
Theatrical trailer
Bonus trailers for "White" and "Red" -
Subtitles:English and Korean
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 5.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf
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Extras:"Concert Of Wishes" short by Krzysztof Kieslowski (16:16)
"Reflections on 'Blue'" featurette (17:26)
"Kieslowski: The Early Years" featurette (15:02)
"A Conversation with Juliette Binoche on Kieslowski" featurette (7:58)
"Krzysztof Kieslowski: Masterclass" featurette (7:32)
Interview with producer Marin Karmitz:
- "First Meeting With Kieslowski" (4:02)
- "Producing The Trilogy" (1:16)
- "The Incident At The Hospital" (3:09)
- "Getting Rid Of Details" (5:20)
- "'Blue' In Venice" (2:46)
Selected-scene audio commentary by actress Juliette Binoche:
- "'Jurassic Park' Or 'Blue'?" (2:56)
- "Life Within Life" (3:09)
- "The Scene With The Eye" (1:38)
- "Trust" (3:07)
- "The Black Angel" (2:04)
- "Acting" (3:28)
- "The Cameraman" (2:03)
- "Shooting" (2:26)
- "A Smile" (2:34)
Selected-scene audio commentary by editor Jacques Witta:
- "Three Kinds Of Light" (2:16)
- "Three Kinds Of Editing" (2:03)
- "Teamwork" (2:16)
- "The Most Important Thing" (1:52)
- "Rhythm" (3:04)
- "The Music" (2:39)
Filmography for director Krzysztof Kieslowski
Bonus trailers for "Red" (1:03), "White" (1:04) and "K's Heaven" (0:55) -
Subtitles:English and English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a 2-page leaflet containing the chapters list.
Also available in a boxset containing "Blue", "White" and "Red". -
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Extras:3 Soundtrack excerpts:
- "Song for the Unification of Europe - Patrice's Version"
- "Second Flute"
- "Olivier and Julie - Trial Composition"
"Krzysztof Kieslowski: Masterclass" featurette (7:30)
Interview with producer Marin Karmitz:
- "First Meeting With Kieslowski" (2:05)
- "Producing The Trilogy" (5:16)
- "The Incident At The Hospital" (3:08)
- "Getting Rid Of Details" (3:14)
- "'Blue' In Venice" (2:45)
Selected-scene audio commentary by actress Juliette Binoche:
- "'Jurassic Park' Or 'Blue'?" (2:55)
- "Life Within Life" (3:07)
- "The Scene With The Eye" (1:36)
- "Trust" (3:05)
- "The Black Angel" (2:02)
- "Acting" (3:27)
- "The Cameraman" (2:02)
- "Shooting" (2:25)
- "A Smile" (2:32)
Selected-scene audio commentary by editor Jacques Witta:
- "Three Kinds Of Light" (2:14)
- "Three Kinds Of Editing" (2:01)
- "Teamwork" (1:50)
- "The Most Important Thing" (2:17)
- "Rhythm" (3:02)
- "The Music" (2:38)
Theatrical trailer (1:47)
Bonus trailers for "White" (1:33) and "Red" (1:30) -
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 5.0
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Case type:Digipak
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Notes:The featurette is in Polish with burnt-in French subtitles.
All the other extras are in French without any subtitles. -
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Extras:Soundtrack excerpts
"Krzysztof Kieslowski: Masterclass" featurette
Interview with producer Marin Karmitz:
- "First Meeting With Kieslowski"
- "Producing The Trilogy"
- "The Incident At The Hospital"
- "Getting Rid Of Details"
- "'Blue' In Venice"
Selected-scene audio commentary by actress Juliette Binoche:
- "'Jurassic Park' Or 'Blue'?"
- "Life Within Life"
- "The Scene With The Eye"
- "Trust"
- "The Black Angel"
- "Acting"
- "The Cameraman"
- "Shooting"
- "A Smile"
Selected-scene audio commentary by editor Jacques Witta:
- "Three Kinds Of Light"
- "Three Kinds Of Editing"
- "Teamwork"
- "The Most Important Thing"
- "Rhythm"
- "The Music"
Theatrical trailer -
Subtitles:Dutch
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 5.0
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:The featurette is in Polish with Dutch subtitles.
The interview and selected-scene audio commentaries are in French with optional Dutch subtitles.
Only available in a boxset containing "Blue", "White" and "Red". -
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Extras:"Krzysztof Kieslowski: Masterclass" featurette (7:26)
Interview with producer Martin Karmitz on the trilogy (4:45)
Selected-scene audio commentary by actress Juliette Binoche (23:09):
- "'Jurassic Park' Or 'Blue'?"
- "Life Within Life"
- "The Scene With The Eye"
- "Trust"
- "The Black Angel"
- "Acting"
- "The Cameraman"
- "Shooting"
- "A Smile"
Selected-scene audio commentary by editor Jacques Witta (13:56):
- "Three Kinds Of Light"
- "Three Kinds Of Editing"
- "Teamwork"
- "The Most Important Thing"
- "Rhythm"
- "The Music"
Theatrical trailer (1:46)
Bonus trailers for "White" (1:32) and "Red" (1:29) -
Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
French Dolby Digital 5.0 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:All the extras are in French with optional Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish subtitles.
Both cover text and menu mention Case and menu incorrectly state the soundtrack as 5.1. -
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Extras:Soundtrack excerpts
"Krzysztof Kieslowski: Masterclass" featurette (7:30)
Interview with producer Marin Karmitz:
- "First Meeting With Kieslowski"
- "Producing The Trilogy"
- "The Incident At The Hospital"
- "Getting Rid Of Details"
- "'Blue' In Venice"
Selected-scene audio commentary by actress Juliette Binoche:
- "'Jurassic Park' Or 'Blue'?"
- "Life Within Life"
- "The Scene With The Eye"
- "Trust"
- "The Black Angel"
- "Acting"
- "The Cameraman"
- "Shooting"
- "A Smile"
Selected-scene audio commentary by editor Jacques Witta:
- "Three Kinds Of Light"
- "Three Kinds Of Editing"
- "Teamwork"
- "The Most Important Thing"
- "Rhythm"
- "The Music"
Theatrical trailer
Bonus trailers for "White" and "Red" -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 5.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:English subtitles are available for the Greek lyrics at the end of the movie.
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OVERALL: Draw
- R1 SE has the best extras, including a short by Kieslowski, but only a 2.0 Surround soundtrack.
- R0 Korea and R2 France/Holland/UK are missing several extras from the R1 but have additional soundtrack excerpts and a Dolby Digital 5.0 soundtrack. Do note that among these, the Dutch and French editions are not English friendly.
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CUTS:
- R0 Australia- MK2 Productions/ Shock Records - No cuts.
- R0 Korea- Paraent Paradise Entertainment - No cuts.
- R1 Special Edition America- Buena Vista/ Miramax - No cuts (98:09 NTSC).
- R2 France- MK2 - No cuts (93:55 PAL)
- R2 Holland- A-Film - No cuts.
- R2 Scandinavia- Scanbox/Finnkino - No cuts (93:42 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Artificial Eye - No cuts (93:55 PAL).
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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 30/12/02
Comparison last updated by Vincent_Bouche on 26/06/12UPDATE LOG:
27/06/12: Beaver link and R2 France specifications update.
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