In fact I think it is Adeles love for life that makes her so vulnerable and so sensitive. It was powerful and gripping in its honesty and fearlessness. The strength of this connection radiates off the screen, and the sex scenewhile explicitis necessary to illustrate the passion between the two. This fan appears very enamored of Emma. Im wondering if you have any thoughts on this: In the final gallery scene, Emma leaves Adele after some brief small-talk to respond to a perspective buyers question. . The stories about him, he told French magazine Telerama, had left him feeling ''humiliated, disgraced. This movie was considered controversial due to its erotic scenes and taboo storyline. 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. This post will be a little long, and a little in-depth, but Id really like to explain why. were either never filmed or left on the cutting-room floor. I left in a flood of tears. [39] Exarchopoulos later said of the rift: "It was real, but it was not as big as it looks. He might as well have flipped everyone off. Im sorry. [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. nicely written and I appreciate this blog cause you can say the same about Emma that you wished for Adele. Together, Adle and Emma explore social acceptance, sexuality, and the emotional spectrum of their maturing relationship. We want to ignore our own problems and avoid having our vibes killed by hearing about anybody else's. Not according to him. There was tremendous joy, of course, but its only purpose was to contrast with how horribly the film would end. On one wall is a nude portrait of Adle that Emma painted during their time together. Adle congratulates Emma on her success and, after a brief conversation with Samir, leaves. 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. This is when Adele questions herself, her true self. 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. perhaps no more). 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Blue Is the Warmest Color became the first same-sex romance to win the Palme d'Or. We SHOULD know what happens to Adele. Some of Adle's old friends attend her surprise 18th birthday party, but Emma does not. It makes no sense from a storytelling perspective and means his primary goal is to emotionally mess up his audience rather than make a film with intelligence and thought. ''It was like a constant improvisation,'' she says. Perhaps one of the most significant differences between the families is that Emma's is aware of their lesbian relationship, while Adle's conservative parents are led to believe the women are just friends. Thats not how you make a film. Id have to say that I disagree with your assessment. But when it ended, I was like.. Life is such and Adele got what she deserved ..or not, depending on my mood. They can stir feelings of happiness, sadness, excitement, hunger, or relaxation. Name another contemporary movie that is solely interested in the world of a young woman -- and that spends nearly three hours exploring it. The scene reminds us that, once we enter a full-on relationship, we emotionally put ourselves on the line. In front of others, Adle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss. I dont think Kechiche understands his own film, TBH. The good stuff doesn't last. 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. I thought the actresses did an excellent job of portraying that joy. 1.It's French. 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? Samir discusses America with Adle while the others discuss sex, and the two become friends. [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". 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. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The blue-haired woman, art student Emma (La Seydoux), is there and intervenes, claiming Adle is her cousin. Significant plot points and character motivations that should have been explored (you seriously expect us to believe CLASS DIFFERENCES were what drove them apart, Kechiche? But both of them had expected it to be hard. She ordered lemon tart and when I saw the way she ate it I thought, 'It's her! 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. "[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. Director Abdellatif Kechiche takes his audience oppressively close to his. It is the same accompaniment immediately prior to the iconic scene where she first sets eyes on blue-Emma, and this chapter of her life begins. Even if it was unethical, it did make a film excellent and enough to win at Cannes. As Emma grows out of her relationship with Adle and their passion wanes, she removes the blue from her hair and adopts a more natural, conservative hairstyle. A discussion about Blue is the Warmest Color winning the Palme d'Or. 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! So overwhelmed were the members of the Cannes jury that they decided to give the Palme D'Or not only to the director, but, in an unprecedented move, to the two actresses, Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos, as well. another journey.perhaps this one will be less fierce, less passionate, but, perhaps she will be happier.. Kechiche is 52. French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche first wanted to explore the story of a school teacher due to his preoccupations with social class. Halcyon Daze. 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! Not plot. 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. I think that is nuts, to me the fact that she can go from teenage-girl blank to totally ecstatic, or totally devastated within the same story is a marvel. And I disagree about the pacing. 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. As for the pace, I agree that the film is more feeling than exposition. ''I want to pay them tribute.''. She dreams of something more. Out of loneliness, Adle sleeps with a male colleague. Imo, Adele is too abstract and stubborn to find her way alone. By the time they reached America, however, this reflective series of observations had been recast as fury. [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. With a distinction no less effective for being understated, Blue empathizes with what people navigating the closet must undergo while matter-of-factly airing the beauty of living openly. But I'm also looking forward to hearing what other women will think about it. "[44], Blue Is the Warmest Colour is also filled with visual symbolism. Starring: La Seydoux,Adle Exarchopoulos,Salim Kechiouche Watch all you want. I like to be tested. "[101], The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. </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? Editor and writer, not necessarily in that order. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Sometimes they worked for 18 hours a day, although on other days Kechiche announced they were just going to drink coffee and talk. We see her struggles and we see her attempts to work through them. 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?". The ending is frustrating and it lingers in your mind for days, months? At 15, Adle (Adle Exarchopoulos) doesn't question: a girl goes out with boys. 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). Kechiche felt that Seydoux "shared her character's beauty, voice, intelligence and freedom" and that she has "something of an Arabic soul". [14] Many critics declared it one of the best films of 2013.[15][16][17]. Colors are effective communication tools with the power to evoke emotions. [38], In September 2013, Seydoux and Exarchopoulos also complained about Kechiche's behaviour during the shooting. If he cared about the character, he would. 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. 3.It cannily reveals the charms and dangers of loving an artist. "Blue . "[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. [25], Kechiche explores how food can evoke varying levels of symbolism, for instance through the sexually suggestive food metaphors of Adle's liking the fat on ham and her learning to eat oysters from Emma. In front of others, Adle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss. 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. . document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); FOR ALL THAT LOVE THIS MOVIE AS MUCH AS THE ACTRESSES. Adle attends Emma's art exhibition. It served as an intensifier for the tragedy. Chances are, many will share your perspective point of view! The visual beauty and heat of the actresses' tableaux battles the subjective history viewers will inevitably bring to bear. [22][23] The social class division is clear in the two family dinner scenes, with Adle's conservative, working-class family discussing comparatively banal subjects while Emma's more open-minded, middle-class family mainly discusses more existential matters: art, career, life and passion. While Emma talks to this young woman, Emma turns and grins sheepishly at Adele, just before Lise greets Adele. The two part with apologies and tears. There was another round of interviews for Blue is the Warmest Colour in London before it opened in November. . Finally, I recall when I had mumps in my early 20s. Kechiche thinks he amassed 250 hours of footage. He chases after her but goes in the wrong direction, while Adle walks off into the distance. Not getting involved in committed relationships, marriage or otherwise, because of a fear of them coming to an end is a cop-out. Then for a time I really resented the ending, kind of feeling like you RC just let down. To me it has the episodic quality of a dream, it presents scenes, moments of Adeles life, to us and we can fill in the gaps with our imagination. HI!! The swirl of hostility, accusations and counter-accusations, retribution and jeering from the wings that has enveloped Blue is the Warmest Colour, the French erotic epic that was the toast of last year's Cannes Film Festival, makes most of Hollywood's catfights look pale by comparison. 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". Abdellatif records a lot of takes, so that you can let go.''. 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. And its THREE HOURS of suffering. [73] In France, Cahiers du cinma placed the film third on its 2013 Top Ten chart. Their duration alone is exceptional, as is their emphasis on the physical struggle, the passionate and uninhibited athleticism of sex, the profound marking of the characters' souls by their sexual relationship. 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