I think I would feel less satisfied with an ending that closed the circle on a story. Under license from Universal Music Vision. Out of loneliness, Adle sleeps with a male colleague. In Brazil, as of 2014, Blu-ray manufacturing companies Sonopress and Sony DADC were refusing to produce the film because of its content. Hes trying to be a white knight for the character of Adele, and then distances himself from it because she has to deal with it on her own even though she probably cant. I guess the pacing comes down to personal tastes, but I am relieved when it isnt apparent I a movie that the makers have just followed the script from that awful screenwriters manual. I also noticed that foreign movies sometimes just ends the movie with some vagueness and leaves it to your interpretations and the directors want the movie to consume your minds for days on end. And I disagree about the pacing. I left in a flood of tears. The blue-haired woman, art student Emma (La Seydoux), is there and intervenes, claiming Adle is her cousin. We would spend hours talking about women and life; I also took painting and sculpting lessons, and read a lot about art and philosophy. Blue Is the Warmest Colour is likely to be 2013's most powerful film and easily one of the best."[79]. He was easy prey for pot stirrers. I like to be tested. In the years that follow, the two women move in together. This fan appears very enamored of Emma. She was joyful in marching against austerity, for LGBT rights with Emma, she took joy (and solace) in eating, her dancing was joyous, she took joy in her children, and there is even joy in the incredible relationship she had with her hair! The scene reminds us that, once we enter a full-on relationship, we emotionally put ourselves on the line. Kechiche thinks he amassed 250 hours of footage. 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??? I want to pay them tribute. [20], One critic has suggested that the film is not a lesbian film, highlighting the exploration of Adle's bisexuality. ''In every shoot, between the actor and the director there is manipulation. Adle later leaves and enters a lesbian bar, where some women flirt with her. Oh I thought there was tremendous joy in the movie, and tremendous tragedy (the tragedy of the inevitable), and suffering of course. At least for now, she has to turn her back on Emma, and face the world with a clean start. 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. The English-language edition was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2013. It wasn't the graphic sex scenes that made me uncomfortable, but how it forced me to confront my fear of heartbreak. Yes, it's a romantic clich, but the connection between the two characters is palpable and, as they fall in love, you can't help being reminded of how it feels to meet someone you really like: as though you are the only two people in the world. Blue displays a keen awareness of the various relationships that make up our social structure: The mise-en-scne with Adle's schoolgirl friends provides a bristling backdrop of believable jealousy, intimacy and strife, while the push and pull of family expectations is touchingly represented in both the frank embrace of Emma's parents and the sad machinations Adle goes through to appease her own. The French director of the acclaimed dramas "Black Venus" and "The . Seydoux, the elder of the two actresses at 28, was quoted at Telluride Festival as saying, to website The Daily Beast, that working on the film was ''horrible'' and that she had felt ''like a prostitute''. This article originally appeared on VICE UK. Adele did mention that they filmed Adeles suicide but Kechiche decided not to use that ending. [49], Reviewer Spencer Wolff noted Adle's political stance, which changes as her life experiences change and reflect her alternating views: "Framed by black and Arab faces, Adle marches in a protest to demand better funding for education. At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Blue Is the Warmest Color became the first same-sex romance to win the Palme d'Or. [6], Production began in March 2012 and lasted five months. Not the resolution of suffering as in the graphic novel, just suffering. While sitting in the movie theater for 3 hrs, I was wondering, WHEN WILL THIS END?? 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). Chances are, many will share your perspective point of view! 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. This isnt just from an ethical perspective. and so many more (it would be cool to see how much the full movie tracked with the book). Similarly, I see the ending of BLUE as quite bad. BLUE IS. Their relationship grows tense as they have little in common. I remembered cowardly trying to justify past actions while exes criedor, in some cases, threw things at me. [18] She passes an older woman with short blue hair in the streets one day and is instantly attracted. 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She was hitting me so many times, and [Kechiche] was screaming: 'Hit her! Perhaps Im making too much of this event. The fact that Kechiche makes us so invested emotionally in these characters means that he should provide a payoff. Before its release, Blue Is the Warmest Color was hyped intensely. Adle's friend, the openly gay Valentin, takes her to a gay dance bar. An interviewer for The Guardian saw Exarchopoulos greet Kechiche warmly in the corridor as they went to their respective interview rooms and asked whether the feud had been exaggerated. I think I have become grown up and mature.''. 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. 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. 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! If it werent, wed all be fucked. Samir also sees this, and tries to comfort her. 1, 2 and 3. "[40] In a January 2014 interview, Seydoux clarified: "I'm still very happy with this film. Please try again later. [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. I don't mind that it was hard. Editor and writer, not necessarily in that order. Batrice says she does not want to proceed further and tells Adle to forget the kiss. In The Yale Review, Charles Taylor wrote: "Instead of fencing its young lovers within a petting zoo Kechiche removes the barriers that separate us from them. A bubble of hot air forecast to arrive early . Almost certainly, but with the added spice of Frenchness. But some academics have questioned the film's treatment of lesbian sexuality, given that it was directed by a heterosexual man. [37] Technicians accused Kechiche of harassment, unpaid overtime, and violations of labor laws. 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 3.It cannily reveals the charms and dangers of loving an artist. "Of course it was kind of humiliating sometimes, I was feeling like a prostitute," Seydoux said of the film's sex scene in an interview with The Independent. I respect your opinion, Hong, and I thank you for tolerating mine so far, but I cannot say that this ending is good anymore. But I'm also looking forward to hearing what other women will think about it. 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 . Youre comments are always welcome on this blog and greatly appreciate by me, especially, and I am sure all the fans that stop by here appreciate it too. By the time they reached America, however, this reflective series of observations had been recast as fury. Live For Today. 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''. It might be realistic, but that doesnt mean he shouldnt show what happens. . It was hard to film it and maybe people think I was complaining and being spoiled, but that's not it. Otherwise, its a meandering mess with no meaning whatsoever. Sometimes what I like to do is recall all my shatteringly painful life experiences. ''Sometimes she was saying, 'Oh, this is very difficult', and I was saying, 'Think about the film. The distributor was struggling to reverse this situation. Emma comes home late, having spent the evening working with Lise. Adle and Emma grow closer and kiss at a picnic. . ''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. This post will be a little long, and a little in-depth, but Id really like to explain why. "[99] While praising Kechiche's originality, calling his adaptation "coherent, justified and fluid a masterstroke",[100] Maroh also felt that he failed to capture the lesbian heart of the story, and disapproved of the sex scenes. There was another round of interviews for Blue is the Warmest Colour in London before it opened in November. That happens with Pedro Almodovars movies, The Skin I Live In or Volver. But the concept was only finalized a few years later when Kechiche chanced upon Maroh's graphic novel and he saw how he could link his screenplay about a schoolteacher with Maroh's love story between two young women. As with many male fantasies of lesbianism, the film centers on the erotic success and affective failures of relations between women". She then went on to say how normal it felt, even when a model-maker came to make moulds for the silicone shields they wore over their genitals. Ironically this is what happens in the comic: Valentin goes to Emma and begs her to see Clementine (the Adele character) again as she is becoming increasingly despondent. All smiles: Lea Seydoux (left), director Abdellatif Kechiche and Adele Exarchopoulos in Cannes. Kechiche is 52. It served as an intensifier for the tragedy. In the meantime, thanks for allowing me a soapbox for my rants, Hong. It follows them through multiple years and through separation. [64], Blue Is the Warmest Colour grossed a worldwide total of $19,492,879. perhaps no more). 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. I much prefer Kechiches ending. La Vie d'Adle Chapitres 1 & 2 was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in France by Wild Side on 26 February 2014, and in North America, as Blue is the Warmest Color, through The Criterion Collection on 25 February 2014. Frustration doesnt mean that for me as well, it just means that it got to me, and Kechiche was very successful into getting under everyones skin. Emma and Adle become friends. Written by Jonathan Dix and Beck Goldsmith. Nowadays, if we want to have a relationship, we go on Tinder, have a swipe, have a chat, get drunk, have sex, fuck off. Even in the graphic novel one of Adeles friends help them talk things out. Written by Dennis Winslow, Robert J. Walsh , Ronn L. Chick. The final film is often very meandering, and often purposeless. Then for a time I really resented the ending, kind of feeling like you RC just let down. [5] During its opening in France on 9 October 2013, the film debuted with a weekend total of $2.3 million on 285 screens for a $8,200 per-screen average. And eternal heartbreak in all its wrenching devasatation. '), by the Algerian-born Kaddour Haddadi, is the official song of the French Communist Party. Sure, you get used to it after a while its a movie after all and it does look poetic, but it still doesnt make sense with the rest of the film to me. [27], Although Maroh's story takes precedence in the adaptation, Adle's character, named "Clmentine" in the book, differs from the original, as explored by Charles Taylor in The Yale Review: "The novel includes scenes of the girls being discovered in bed and thrown out of the house and speeches like What's horrible is that people kill each other for oil and commit genocide, not that they give their love to someone. 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation. [85][86], Justin Chang, writing for Variety, said that the film contains "the most explosively graphic lesbian sex scenes in recent memory". I was reminded of times I deliberately said things I knew would cut people, knowing how shit it would make them feel, but doing it anyway. While The Past further amazed me about Farhadi's recent work, I was let down by the winner of Palme d'Or Blue is the Warmest Color. He's a very honest director and I love his cinema. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. 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. Together, Adle and Emma explore social acceptance, sexuality, and the emotional spectrum of their maturing relationship. He could ''retrieve the young man I was at one point'', but he also wanted to mark the point of generational change. Shes a conduit for sympathy from the audience. Thank you Hong for your efforts in making this available to us! The intensity of the characters' physical bond was believable to me -- even dramatically necessary -- and its dissolution heartbreaking. Kechiche responded with fury of his own. Watching Blue Is the Warmest Color demands introspection and self-analysis. All that means that we could love, lost, and love again.. After having vivid fantasies about the blue-haired woman while masturbating and kissing Batrice, one of her female friends, Adle becomes troubled about her sexual identity. Emma is in a committed partnership with Lise and helps raise Lise's three-year-old daughter. The strength of this connection radiates off the screen, and the sex scenewhile explicitis necessary to illustrate the passion between the two. [24], Some critics have noted that class difference is an ongoing theme in Kechiche's filmography. but worse, we have the same ending but if we are fortunate, maybe twice as much. These reactions are established in mental As many have pointed out on this site, there is some comfort in knowing that the film created a strong bond and everlasting love between Lea and Adele. That was harsh Maybe I should give Kechiche the benefit of the doubt. Some critics, though, lauded it for its power, honesty, and intensity. Jul Maroh, Ivanka Hahnenberger (Translator) Blue is the Warmest Color is a graphic novel about growing up, falling in love, and coming out. Adele is confused about her sexuality after she breaks up with . It's better than being called 'tyrant' or 'despot','' he snapped back. 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. Halcyon Daze. [14] Many critics declared it one of the best films of 2013.[15][16][17]. In the sense that I want to see more and more of both of these characters, I hate to see this movie end, period. The website responded by suggesting he could be seen as paranoid. "[44], Blue Is the Warmest Colour is also filled with visual symbolism. [13] Exarchopoulos and Seydoux also received the Palme as a special prize. Feel free to let me know if I am. In May, Abdellatif Kechiche and the cast of "Blue is the Warmest Color" looked like they were on top of the world. [45][46] The colour blue is used extensively throughout the filmfrom the lighting in the gay club Adle visits to the dress she wears in the last scene and most notably in Emma's hair and eyes. 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. Then the backlash flipped into action. My head was split open and I had to go to the hospital, the physical pain accompanied by the humiliating realization that I'd been completely unable to defend myself. Many people focused purely on the sex , labeling the film a gratuitous lesbian romp. Is this true of the Blue winning team? It was also screened in the Special Presentation section of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September 2013. . Not character development. "[50], Blue Is the Warmest Colour had its world premiere at the 66th Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2013. But both of them had expected it to be hard. 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