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1. #Blue is the warmest colour behind the scenes full
2. #Blue is the warmest colour behind the scenes free

Art cinema is about beauty and Blue is a clear example of this because its narrative is not always its strong point. Here, we are presented with real people but the long-form structure of the novel is kept intact through the running time and character focus. The transfer from graphic novel to film is well-handled through characterisation. It utilises filmic sophistication through both cinematography and soundtrack. Cinematic Beautyīlue is pure cinema in the sense that it offers certain things that other mediums cannot.

#Blue is the warmest colour behind the scenes full

It is a film full of moments like this and would not be the same without them. This moment lasts for no more than a minute and would possibly have been lost had the film been cut down, along with many other moments used to explore Adèle’s character. My favourite moment in the film is when Adèle dances to Lykke Li’s ‘I Follow Rivers’. Without dedicating forthrightly to Adèle’s detailed story we would not be shown the moments in between her times with Emma.

It takes a long time to show something simple but, for me, this seems to be the point. On top of this, Blue isn’t pretentious in the presentation of its subject matter. A lot of my favourite films are extremely lengthy in terms of running time but most are traditional ‘epics’ in that they have expansive narratives, dozens of characters, and extend over long periods of time. It is quite an achievement in itself for three hour film to be consistently interesting from start to finish, especially when its premise can be summarised so simply. One sequence worth mentioning in particular is when Adèle and Emma meet in a café after their break-up rather than attempting to glamorise his actresses, Kechiche chooses instead to present realism through an extended crying sequence. Abdellatif Kechiche’s decision to not allow either Adèle Exarchopoulos or Léa Seydoux to wear make-up throughout the shoot also adds to the rawness of many emotional moments. This is mainly achieved through Sofian El Fani’s cinematography, particularly the frequent use of close-ups. This is not to suggest that this has never been achieved before ( Amélie, Lost in Translation, and Before Sunrise) but the real achievement here lies in the fact that Blue is the Warmest Colour has the ability to interest a dedicated viewer from start to finish.īlue is able to keep the viewer’s interest by moving inwards rather than outwards – by the end of the film I felt I had connected more with Adèle than I had actually explored her environment. Not only is the intimate focus refreshing for those of us bombarded with Hollywood’s foregrounding of spectacle over the individual, but Adèle Exarchopoulos is wonderfully enigmatic. Even Emma is always shown in relation to Adèle, rather than as a character on her own.

For those of you feeling a little malnourished in the character development category, here’s just under three hours focused almost entirely on the trials and tribulations of one character. It would be an understatement to say it just focuses on Adèle – the film is Adèle. The French title literally translates to ‘Life of Adèle’, giving an initial clue to the film’s intimate focus on a specific character.

#Blue is the warmest colour behind the scenes free

These are just the elements that stand out for me, I’m sure there are plenty more worth noting so please feel free to do so.

Here, I attempt to locate exactly what it is about Blue that makes it such a significant film in contemporary art cinema. It is by no means the first film to do so but, considering its rather simple set-up, I find it interesting that it was so effective. Upon being unexpectedly amazed by recent Palme D’Or winner Blue is the Warmest Colour, I found myself trying to pinpoint exactly what it was about that film that made it have such a profound effect on me. Why Blue is the Warmest Colour is Worth Seeing