tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294916540840535575.post4813947366639373129..comments2024-03-22T08:29:01.459-07:00Comments on Are the hills going to march off?: The Double Life of Veronique (La double vie de Véronique) A Film by Krzysztof Kieslowski (1991)Carson Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10164962777812861110noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294916540840535575.post-60896748535014243652010-04-20T12:47:19.388-07:002010-04-20T12:47:19.388-07:00Oh, and no problem about leaving comments. It'...Oh, and no problem about leaving comments. It's always great to get a new, passionate reader.Carson Lundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164962777812861110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294916540840535575.post-82636340632344356522010-04-20T12:46:24.585-07:002010-04-20T12:46:24.585-07:00Unfortunately, I don't have a blu-ray player, ...Unfortunately, I don't have a blu-ray player, but I have seen a blu-ray version of it through a PlayStation, and the image absolutely glistens. <br /><br />You're definitely correct that it's a hard film to write about. It has too many magical moments to encapsulate effectively into one descriptive sentence. That's why I can't stress enough that this is simply a film to see, at all costs. You'll never love an actress more than Irene Jacob.Carson Lundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164962777812861110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294916540840535575.post-61377534432903317812010-04-19T22:19:32.674-07:002010-04-19T22:19:32.674-07:00You've brilliantly hit upon the point of The D...You've brilliantly hit upon the point of The Double Life of Veronique, which is to avoid looking for the point altogether. I love the various readings I come across -- particularly the political allegory explanation and the "spiritual <i>Short Cuts</i>" depiction of universal connection (which hedges closest to what I would say is its thrust if pressed) -- but Kieslowski has the remarkable ability to make a complex, meditative film whose pleasures lie chiefly in simply sitting back and letting the images wash over you and transport you.<br /><br />In my own review of this, I kept doubling back on myself, perhaps somewhat fittingly, because I constantly saw something I wanted to talk about, but because so much of its power was simply in its existence on the screen and not what meaning I could assign to it, I started writing in circles. The original draft may have ended up my longest review, but I'd sucked any enjoyment out of reading about the film, and seriously hampered my own thrill that comes with any revisiting of this sublime work so I chopped it down considerably.<br /><br />I apologize for dumping so many comments on you at once, but I don't know what took me so long to check out this blog, given how many of my favorite bloggers' blogrolls it graces, and I think your writing is stellar. Oh, and to return to Veronique, if you have a Blu-Ray player, I'd strongly recommend getting the region-free BD put out by Artificial Eye in the UK. It fixes the color correction on Criterion's otherwise-sterling release and even updates the short movies included in the CC SDVD to 720p. Sadly, it lacks the commentary, but I've never really felt the need to search for the concrete meaning behind Kieslowski's imagery anyway. I got it for 8.99 pounds, which even when converted and added to a shipping charge comes out to around 20 bucks.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.com