In a film, there needs to be a point. To declare that there were times they wanted to give up, even that they wouldn't want to go through it again, is not an indictment. Not the visceral tugging of heartstrings. I'm not saying that negatively. [69], On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of 204 critics have given the film a positive review, with an average rating of 8.20/10. But it's a blue-haired girl she meets on the street who really piques her interest. Many people focused purely on the sex , labeling the film a gratuitous lesbian romp. We SHOULD know what happens to Adele. I felt like a prostitute. The French director of the acclaimed dramas "Black Venus" and "The . 1, 2 and 3. This article originally appeared on VICE UK. 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. Kechiche shouldnt arbitrarily make the ending an exception to this trend. 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. nicely written and I appreciate this blog cause you can say the same about Emma that you wished for Adele. Life is much harder. 2. For him, Adele isnt an character that he cares about. 1.It's French. The novel tells a love story between two young women in France at the end of the 1990s.. Abdellatif Kechiche directed a film adaptation in 2013 . Adele did mention that they filmed Adeles suicide but Kechiche decided not to use that ending. I think I would feel less satisfied with an ending that closed the circle on a story. If we were to use this logic, what's the point in enjoying anything? The public feud between the Palme D'Or winners, however, was to have a few more twists. He didn't just shoot on set, either. By the end of September, after another triumphant outing at the Toronto Film Festival, Kechiche was telling the press the film should never be released because it was ''too sullied'' and it would be impossible for anyone to view the film ''with a clean heart and a watchful eye''. Its like the ending of the series THE SOPRANOS, which ends abruptly with a black screen. Like optimism, thats not a realistic way to view the world, nor is it something that a group of people who need hope (the group he tried dedicating the film to in a weird move at Cannes) should see or need to see. I had taken her for lunch at a brasserie. Blue Is the Warmest Colour (French: La Vie d'Adle Chapitres 1 & 2; French pronunciation:[la vi dadl apit ne d]) is a 2013 romance film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring La Seydoux and Adle Exarchopoulos. [100] In December 2013, it received the Louis Delluc Prize for best French film. Sometimes they worked for 18 hours a day, although on other days Kechiche announced they were just going to drink coffee and talk. I just said it was hard. There is no question that making Blue is the Warmest Colour was intense, immersive and extremely demanding, especially for Exarchopoulos, who was only 18 and dropped out of school to make the film. Immediately after the Cannes premiere, a French film technicians' union criticised Kechiche for his ''disorganised'' approach to filming and for making demands on his crew that amounted to ''moral harassment'', a charge he denied. It was hard to film it and maybe people think I was complaining and being spoiled, but that's not it. At Cannes, the film shocked some critics with its long and graphic sex scenes (although fake genitalia were used),[80][39] leading them to speculate that it might require editing before screening in cinemas. '"[27][30][31], La Seydoux was cast as Emma ten months before principal photography began. The film, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, a French director of Tunisian origin widely regarded as one of French cinema's small handful of masters, is the story of a great passion between two teenage girls. French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche first wanted to explore the story of a school teacher due to his preoccupations with social class. We SHOULD know what happens to Emma. [7] The film generated controversy,[8] much of it about allegations by the crew and lead actresses of poor working conditions on set and the film's raw depiction of sexuality. Not getting involved in committed relationships, marriage or otherwise, because of a fear of them coming to an end is a cop-out. Under license from Universal Music Vision. ''Fine! Exquisitely. </p> <p>Is this the point when Adele fully realizes that she was not meant to be a permanent part in the life of Emma? The idea that two people who love each other that much can put each other through such pain really got to me. ''For me, a shoot is a human adventure, and in every adventure you have some conflict. We want to ignore our own problems and avoid having our vibes killed by hearing about anybody else's. (LogOut/ Viewers who try to parse the various roles the male characters are meant to play in lead Adle's life will discover that questions of sexual identity are irrelevant here. [85][86], Justin Chang, writing for Variety, said that the film contains "the most explosively graphic lesbian sex scenes in recent memory". Adle later leaves and enters a lesbian bar, where some women flirt with her. I lost a load of weight and my head felt like a giant, pulsing boulder. Anyone who has seen Shortbus, John Cameron Mitchell's unique, oddly touching film about the quest for connection and the unsimulated mechanics of how humans actually go about it cannot help but view the way sex unfolds in nonpornographic films with a somewhat refocused eye. Is this the point when Adele fully realizes that she was not meant to be a permanent part in the life of Emma? The shoot, supposed to take two months, took five. seriously?) The pacing is totally arbitrary, leaving Kechiche no reference but his unpredictable, chaotic, pessimistic gut. You can sort of guess the ending but it just so abrupt, you are wondering if there was more ..but when the credits rollyou realized the movie is over. Emma and Adle kiss, but Emma withdraws, although she admits she does not feel sexually fulfilled. French director Abdellatif Kechiche's controversial, three-hour coming-of-age love story jumps from close-up to close-up of . It was Seydoux, despite being racked by her own doubts - ''Sometimes I'd go: 'I'm so shit; I am such a bad actress''' - who coaxed her through it. ), is probably going to be around the corner. Living in the massive cesspool of ambition, greed, and "luxury apartments" that is London, everyone is obsessed with their jobs, their friends, and their incredibly important lives. It is an extraordinary, prolonged popping-candy explosion of pleasure, sadness, anger, lust and hope, and contained within it although only just are the two best performances of the festival, from Adle Exarchopoulos and La Seydoux. Editor and writer, not necessarily in that order. I dont know if the love of my life is begging and crying in front of me that I am able to tell her I love her endless and then just walk away with a smile??? He makes you care about these characters and then drops them. Adaptation is always a process of transformation, so it's no surprise that Abdellatif Kechiche's movie version of Blue Is the Warmest Color didn't use Julie Maroh's graphic novel as a storyboard.. This fan appears very enamored of Emma. I guess what Im trying to say, however badly, is that the films entire theme is a neurotic obsession with suffering. He wrote: "Kechiche's film is three hours long, and the only problem with that running time is that I could have happily watched it for another seven. Why dedicate a hopeless film to people who need hope? Once I had left the theater, it dawned on me: What scared and affected me most about Blue Is the Warmest Color was its warts-and-all depiction of a human relationship. Written by Dennis Winslow, Robert J. Walsh , Ronn L. Chick. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); FOR ALL THAT LOVE THIS MOVIE AS MUCH AS THE ACTRESSES. [54] In the U.S., it was rated NC-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "explicit sexual content". A bubble of hot air forecast to arrive early . Blue Is the Warmest Colour Ending Explained Ge_Krystal.303 May 13, 2022 Pin On Final Major 1 Blue Is The Warmest Color Blue Is The Warmest Colour Warm Colors Film Blue Is The Warmest Color How Is The Movie Different From The Book Blue Is The Warmest Colour Review A Searingly Frank And Intimate Account The Independent The Independent Available on AMC+, IFC Films, Prime Video, iTunes. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Also, if his intention is to show that Emma and Adele never meet again, then why leave clues that their feelings for each other are obviously stronger than any temporary feeling of duty they have now, showing that they wont be happy unless they have each other? It received a standing ovation and ranked highest in critics' polls at the festival. Almost certainly, but with the added spice of Frenchness. If it werent, wed all be fucked. He chases after her but goes in the wrong direction, while Adle walks off into the distance. To me, she said: ''I don't know whether it has really changed me, but it's made me develop and grow. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Oh I thought there was tremendous joy in the movie, and tremendous tragedy (the tragedy of the inevitable), and suffering of course. [63] As Blue Is the Warmest Colour, the film was also released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Canada on 25 February 2014 by Mongrel Media, in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2014 by Artificial Eye and on 18 June 2014, in Australia by Transmission Films. See Nos. If you have time to browse through all the Tumblr postings, many are very frustrated but they dont dislike it. But some academics have questioned the film's treatment of lesbian sexuality, given that it was directed by a heterosexual man. Sometimes you could spend like five hours on a scene. She dates men but finds no satisfaction with them sexually, and is rejected by a female friend who she does desire. Hit her again'! [13] Exarchopoulos and Seydoux also received the Palme as a special prize. ''It was a brutal and surgical display, exuberant and cold, of so-called lesbian sex, which turned into porn, and [made] me feel very ill at ease,'' she wrote. I remember having an oh-oh kind of feeling towards the end of that final scene, like: oh no they are going to end this with the Les girl saved by the hetero guy!, Yeah, I think that guy IS Kechiche. Two days later, he told a press conference in Los Angeles that it was obscene for these young women to claim they had suffered. There was, for example . [78], Andrew Chan of the Film Critics Circle of Australia wrote, "Not unlike Wong Kar-wai's most matured effort in cinema, Happy Together, director Abdellatif Kechiche knows love and relationship well and the details he goes about everything is almost breathtaking to endure. "[44], Blue Is the Warmest Colour is also filled with visual symbolism. When her openly gay best friend takes her out on the town, she . Name another contemporary movie that is solely interested in the world of a young woman -- and that spends nearly three hours exploring it. But when it ended, I was like.. Life is such and Adele got what she deserved ..or not, depending on my mood. It wasn't the graphic sex scenes that made me uncomfortable, but how it forced me to confront my fear of heartbreak. Starring: La Seydoux,Adle Exarchopoulos,Salim Kechiouche Watch all you want. The film spends time filming conflicts, emotions, and feelings in great, gory detail. Its French candor, its unwavering camera, and the way in which it captures exactly what it feels like to ache for another human being. Samir discusses America with Adle while the others discuss sex, and the two become friends. It has very explicit sex with full nudity and graphic depictions of sex acts, mostly between two women, but one with a man also briefly shows an erect penis. Thank you Hong for your efforts in making this available to us! 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As for Emma, she may stay satisfied with Lise and if Adeles dream of them having sex, is true then Emma is having a wonderful life with lise and Aude. I thought the actresses did an excellent job of portraying that joy. [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). The two girls that confront Adele about whether she is a lesbian are the same two girls who coerced her into checking out Thomas, dating Thomas and having sex with Thomas. One thing I adore about this movie, (and something it is often criticized for) is how it doesnt force a plot on the viewer by scene after scene of implausible exposition. That was harsh Maybe I should give Kechiche the benefit of the doubt. but it is life. Lesbian sexuality is one of the film's primary themes, as the narrative deals with Adle's exploration of her identity in this context. [64], Blue Is the Warmest Colour grossed a worldwide total of $19,492,879. 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. another journey.perhaps this one will be less fierce, less passionate, but, perhaps she will be happier.. Hi Hong, thank you for creating this wonderful space where we can process the intense feelings that this movie elicits. I think a lot of his exposition is related to the literary reveals he makes throughout the movie, (especially the poetry reference in the last teaching scene) I think they form a plot that is more feeling than exposition. Gay or straight, if we lose someone and want them back, we will do whatever we canwe will forfeit our dignity, if that's what it takes. Is this true of the Blue winning team? Sometimes it seemed to her she was spending whole days crying. [55][56][57][58] The film was released on 15 November 2013 in the United Kingdom[59] and on 13 February 2014 in Australia and New Zealand.[60][61][62]. I have some questions about an incident in the final gallery scene that I have not seen addressed anywhere else. 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 remembered cowardly trying to justify past actions while exes criedor, in some cases, threw things at me. Hope isnt some faith-y thing that you appeal to in desperation. Performed by studio musicians. 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. At one party, Adle meets Emma's pregnant colleague Lise, gallery owner Joachim, and aspiring actor Samir. The only reason Kechiche doesnt give one, as far as I know, is either because he gave up, or because hes concerned with manipulating his audience first, and caring for people second. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. He also looks at how food can be indicative of social class. At the beginning of their first encounter, it is her blue hair that makes Emma stand out most among the crowd, and it is the reason why Adele could not get the image of the blue hair girl out of her mind. 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. 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. [20], One critic has suggested that the film is not a lesbian film, highlighting the exploration of Adle's bisexuality. Adle's pain is heart breaking to witness because it is born from the joy she felt when things were going well. For three hours. [42][43], The camerawork and many of Kechiche's directorial decisions give the film a true-to-life feel, which has led audiences to read meaning into it that they derive from their personal experiences. Any future without the person who has transformed Adle's life, no matter whom she tries to fill her loneliness with, will be a hollow one. For Adle, blue represents emotional intensity, curiosity, love, and sadness. Its open to interpretation, but its not in line with the rest of the series and comes across as pretentious. It ended up pissing it down with rainEric Cantona scored twice and Chelsea lost 4-0. The music does signal a new beginning for Adele thank you Irreverence for pointing this out to me! And I disagree about the pacing. She was hitting me so many times, and [Kechiche] was screaming: 'Hit her! [52], The film was screened in more than 131 territories[53] and was commercially released on 9 October 2013 in France by Wild Bunch with a "12" rating. I didnt like that scene either, because of that element and the les girl gets saved by some dude. I was able to realise to how great an extent, as I spent a whole year with her between the time she was chosen for the role and the end of shooting." Adele watches this situation from a few feet away. 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. For Kechiche, this technique not only facilitates editing but also adds beauty to the scene that feels more truthful. Often, my go-to is the timewhile attending university in a grim coastal townthat I got my head kicked in outside a club by a balding, middle-aged thug in front of my then girlfriend. At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Blue Is the Warmest Color became the first same-sex romance to win the Palme d'Or. I dont think Kechiche understands his own film, TBH. [14] Many critics declared it one of the best films of 2013.[15][16][17]. Blue Is the Warmest Color: How Much Sex Is Too Much Sex? He brings the camera so close to the faces of his actresses that he seems to be trying to make their flesh more familiar to us than his own. That really, really sucked. This movie was considered controversial due to its erotic scenes and taboo storyline. Kechiche felt that Seydoux "shared her character's beauty, voice, intelligence and freedom" and that she has "something of an Arabic soul". Paulina Plazas wrote in IndieWire that throughout the film, bisexual erasure is "central to understanding Adle's particular sense that she does not belong as she comes of age. That Much can put each other through such pain really got to me and talk that is solely interested the. 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