The fact that Kechiche makes us so invested emotionally in these characters means that he should provide a payoff. The intensity of the characters' physical bond was believable to me -- even dramatically necessary -- and its dissolution heartbreaking. We SHOULD know what happens to Valentin. We want to ignore our own problems and avoid having our vibes killed by hearing about anybody else's. "[41], In September 2013, Kechiche said the film should not be released. [105] At Cannes it also won the FIPRESCI Prize. He could ''retrieve the young man I was at one point'', but he also wanted to mark the point of generational change. "[92][93][94][95] After a test screening of selected scenes for a lesbian audience, one viewer said that it was "hot at the beginning, and then it got ridiculous when they kept switching sex positions every ten seconds" and that it was like an infomercial designed to address all the sexual acts lesbians can engage in. After Emma shows up at the school, Adle's friends suspect her of being a lesbian and ostracise her. I think I would feel less satisfied with an ending that closed the circle on a story. Halcyon Daze. [33], In terms of cinematography, the shot/reverse shot scenes in the film were simultaneously shot with two different cameras. BLUE IS. Parents need to know that Blue Is the Warmest Color is a French drama with English subtitles that chronicles a high school girl as she matures emotionally and sexually over about 10 years. The stories about him, he told French magazine Telerama, had left him feeling ''humiliated, disgraced. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In part, he said, he wanted to recapture for himself that age ''when we build each other, we are building our own personality and the way we are going to be as adults''. It had a limited release at four theatres in New York City and Los Angeles on 25 October 2013, and expanded gradually in subsequent weeks. Emma can handle more then one, lol! ''Directors and actors being what they are, they like a good argument,'' wrote a commentator in a piece comparing the saga with other screen clashes. I don't mind that it was hard. Together, Adle and Emma explore social acceptance, sexuality, and the emotional spectrum of their maturing relationship. However, for all his claims about trying to capture life, he doesnt. Available on AMC+, IFC Films, Prime Video, iTunes. And moreover, if there is an answer, Kechiche should say what the fuck it is, since hes spent the entire film exploring how humans operate on an intimate level. [88], Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called the film "wildly undisciplined" and overlong, and wrote that it "feels far more about Mr. Kechiche's desires than anything else". In the meantime, thanks for allowing me a soapbox for my rants, Hong. I like to be tested. Hi Hong, thank you for creating this wonderful space where we can process the intense feelings that this movie elicits. Director Abdellatif Kechiche spends three grueling hours painting an incredibly intimate picture of a relationship, from the fuzzy beginning, through the wobbling uncertainty in the middle, to the dismal end. And all of this goes against the point of an ambiguous ending: If you make an ending ambiguous, make it ambiguous for a good reason! Name another contemporary movie that is solely interested in the world of a young woman -- and that spends nearly three hours exploring it. Someone comes up to Emma and says what a pick up artist! Adele watches this situation from a few feet away. Part of what makes Blue so gripping is the nature of its mixed marriage between artist and non-artist (and working class versus privileged elite). It wasn't the graphic sex scenes that made me uncomfortable, but how it forced me to confront my fear of heartbreak. The shoot, supposed to take two months, took five. I thought of my parents, their terrible fights and eventual divorce, of my relationships and how it felt to hurt someone and be hurt by someone I loved. Similarly, I see the ending of BLUE as quite bad. The film, about a love affair between the actresses' characters, includes a graphic sex scene that has been the source of much debate. After her realization, Adele realizes that she must walk out and turn the corner on her relationship with Emma. Here, there isnt one. 4.It is as fascinated by the heart and the mind as the body. "[28] In the film, Adle's parents seem oblivious to her love affair with Emma and politely greet her under the impression that she is Adle's philosophy tutor. I hope she will find another woman who is strong and good (like Emma) and accept this womans love with an open mind as well as open arms. Oh I thought there was tremendous joy in the movie, and tremendous tragedy (the tragedy of the inevitable), and suffering of course. Blue is the Warmest Colour was now a festival favourite, with the intensely serious Kechiche and its young stars asked to give dozens of interviews. Watching Blue Is the Warmest Color , I realized that most of the time we treat each other like shit because we're terrified of relationships. Is this the point when Adele fully realizes that she was not meant to be a permanent part in the life of Emma? Its also based on how the structure of a film works (development of certain themes), and how we know life works, where there is some kind of good solution to a huge problem, even if its not perfect or what one expects. Abdellatif records a lot of takes, so that you can let go.''. To me, she said: ''I don't know whether it has really changed me, but it's made me develop and grow. Either way, both column inches and word of mouth earned the film a level of infamy that put me in a state of anxiety before I'd even seen it. A better interpretation is, perhaps, this: He gave up, knowing that to go on would take even more energy from him, and possibly drive him, his cast, and his crew up the wall. I'm not saying that negatively. Three years later, the two meet at a restaurant. Why should the ending of the film, or certain key plot points throughout, be an exception to this rule? [12][13] It received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language. All smiles: Lea Seydoux (left), director Abdellatif Kechiche and Adele Exarchopoulos in Cannes. He told French magazine Tlrama, "I think this film should not go out; it was too sullied", referring to the reports about his on-set behaviour. [26], Director and screenwriter Abdellatif Kechiche developed the premise for Blue Is the Warmest Colour while directing his second feature film, Games of Love and Chance (2003). "[21], One recurring thematic element critics and audiences identified is the division of social class and the exploration of freedom and love between the two central characters. I thought of my incredulous anger, confusion, and frantic questioning when I myself had been mistreated, wondering how something that was meant to be good could make me feel so hopeless. Whatever. The ending is frustrating and it lingers in your mind for days, months? This fan appears very enamored of Emma. Actually, not sure where you got that I like the ending. At the same time, Julie Maroh, the author of the graphic novel on which the film was based, publicly criticised the film's ground-breaking sex scenes, describing them as ''ridiculous'' and questioning whether there had been any real, live lesbians on Kechiche's set. Its French candor, its unwavering camera, and the way in which it captures exactly what it feels like to ache for another human being. In front of others, Adle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss. The way he treats us? After the opening credits rolled, I tried to figure out what I'd been scared of. A month later, Kechiche wrote an open letter to Rue 89 news website that appeared to accuse the ''arrogant, spoilt'' Seydoux of slander and suggested she could explain herself in court. Change). It was powerful and gripping in its honesty and fearlessness. It's about everyday people, and banal scenes like the family dinner at Adle's housefilmed with such care and intimate, close up cameraworkmade me think this could very easily be my life, and that the same question applies to both me and Adle: "Who wants to sit around risking nothing, feeling neither pleasure nor pain?". And among the only people we didn't hear giggling were the potential guys too busy feasting their eyes on an incarnation of their fantasies on screen". The music, 'On lche rien' ('We will never give up! Now, Emma, the bohemian stranger, creeps up in Adle's dreams, haunting her late-night fantasies. They described the experience as "horrible" and said they would not work with him again. Although Blue is the Warmest Color was a great triumph at Cannes two years ago when you and La Seydoux shared the Palme d'Or, it became almost immediately controversial. Not the resolution of suffering as in the graphic novel, just suffering. We would spend hours talking about women and life; I also took painting and sculpting lessons, and read a lot about art and philosophy. I felt a rejection of me; I live like a curse''. Many people focused purely on the sex , labeling the film a gratuitous lesbian romp. Blue Is the Warmest Colour is likely to be 2013's most powerful film and easily one of the best."[79]. His fascination and familiarity with the world of pedagogy, as shown here in Adle's touching reverence for teaching, is another notable characteristic". And eternal heartbreak in all its wrenching devasatation. But its too much feeling, and just because its feeling-based or off-script or improvised doesnt mean Kechiche has to avoid basic elements of how to tell a story. Performed by studio musicians. Even in the graphic novel one of Adeles friends help them talk things out. It took the fourth spot in its first weekend, which was seen as a "notably good showing because of its nearly three-hour length". 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