The double life of veronique is impossible to capture in words without making the film sound hokey, dull or a mixture of both. It is as if the films beauty will be sullied or the illusion broken by attempting to explain and rationalise its unique and surprising power. Recently watched the dekalog, the double life of veronique, and the three colors trilogy backtobacktoback, and this book was an invaluable guide through themes and meaning. The double life of veronique is a 1991 frenchpolishnorwegian drama film directed by. A new life experience is in the air today, a perception that explodes the form of the linear narrative and renders life as a multiform flow. Every viewing of the double life of veronique enriches ones appreciation of the beauty, mystique, and profound depth residing within krzysztof kieslowskis construction. The double life of veronique the criterion collection. Double life of veronique by krzysztof kieslowski irene jacob. Krzysztof kieslowski was one of the difining filmmakers in 80s and 90s art house cinema and sadly passed away in 1996 at age 54. With irene jacob, wladyslaw kowalski, halina gryglaszewska, kalina jedrusik. In the double life of veronique, there are really two veroniques.
It does this above all with the face of irene jacob, who plays a polish woman named veronica, and a french woman named veronique. This film could pass for a thinlyveiled scifi labeling. Janus films is proud to present a touring retrospective spanning abbas kiarostamis nearly fivedecade career. Both look identical, were born on the same day 25 years earlier, have beautiful singing voices, and heart conditions. I couldnt wait for it to end and endured thirty something episodes. Weronika and veronique are two young women in poland and france, both singers. Rent the double life of veronique 1991 on dvd and blu. The double life is the enigmatic story of doppelgangers. Ive watched them and spent time with them all, by writing about them. The double life of veronique 1991, directed by krzysztof.
Weronika, the polish woman, is an expert in the art of wonder, accepting the totality of the world around her and constantly basking in its glory without. The double life of veronique is a 1991 frenchpolishnorwegian drama film directed by krzysztof kieslowski. Shadows and reflections in the double life of veronique. This series includes new restorations, undertaken by the criterion collection and mk2, of the koker trilogy, taste of cherry, the wind will carry us, and rarely screened shorts and documentaries.
Irene jacob, philippe volter, krzysztof kieslowski. Explaining the uncanny in the double life of veronique chapter 5. When krzysztof kieslowskis the double life of veronique was first screened at cannes, in 1991, the critical reception was rapturous. Watch a video essay connecting lynchs inland empire. Operating on confounding dream logic with irene jacobs beautiful performance as a guide, the double life of veronique offers a moving meditation on perception for audiences willing to indulge its. It was all made in quick succession, a kind of strong burst of creativity, and as the star of veronique says in an. The double life of veronique is the story of two young women who are in some mysterious and irresolvable way the same woman leading two different yet interconnected lives. The double life of veronique portrays these dualities reality versus imagined, hope versus despair, success versus failure, love versus hate. Theyre both lefthanded they both like to walk barefoot and without knowing it. One day veronique meets alexander, a book author and director of. Its a picture that pivots on its obscurity, finding rich context in its ability to focus more on a capacity to feel than a. Shadows and reflections in the double life of veronique krzysztof kieslowski made the double life of veronique, his first french language film, just after the dekalog series and just before the three colours trilogy. The double life of veronique 1991 a poem that i do not. Kieslowskis strong, if largely postmortem reputation among the art house audience has elevated a film that makes little to no sense on paper, while its emotional tone strikes a singularperhaps perfectkey.
You lift your eyes from the book and are filled with a faint feeling of. The double life of veronique 1991 soundtrack youtube. The double life of veronique, 97863594456, please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from. Possible loose bindings, highlighting, cocked spine or torn dust jackets. If double life is arguably only half as rewarding as some of kieslowskis other films, then it remains an indelible entry in an outstanding career. This website is not associated with any external links or websites. The double life of veronique yify subtitles details. What i love about this film is its willingness to be something strange and surreal, while maintaining its elegance and believability overall. Up to the domain of the hard sciences quantum physics and its multiplereality interpretation. Kieslowskis double life of veronique is about two young women, identical but unrelated, one polish and one french, metaphysically connected to each other but geographically disparate. I also read the book recommended to you kieslowski on kieslowski it has been recommended to me since the first time that i watched the double life of veronique and i plan to read it after i watch the color trilogy and the decalogue. Still frame from the double life of veronique, directed by krzysztof. The double life of veronique, 97863594456, 63594454.
The double life of veronique is the story of two young women who are in some mysterious and irresolvable way the. Double life of veronique by krzysztof kieslowski irene. It is important to resist the temptation to figure out every last detail of the double life of veronique, the mysterious and poetic new film by krzysztof kieslowski. The double life of veronique krzysztof kieslowski cinematography by slawomir idziak risultati immagini per trois couleurs bleu joint operations typhoon rising pc eng by tntvillage org 1001 movies are history. The double life of veronique 1991 is in the traditional kieslowski mold of symbolism, mystery, irony, and artful imagery. It ends with veronique, in a moment of melancholy, touching a tree, and examining its barkagain. Written by kieslowski and krzysztof piesiewicz, the film explores the themes of identity, love, and human intuition through the. And perhaps it is that way, because as it were in the final scene summarising the history of the two veronicas, veronique plays with the two dolls and hums the song which polish weronika did not manage to finish. I also found insdorfs commentaries over the three colors films to be extremely valuable. The double life of veronique 1991 on kickass torrents. All images and subtitles are ed to their respectful owners unless stated otherwise.
The dizzying hall of mirrors that is the double life of. Krzysztof kieslowskis the double life of veronique 1991 does us the. Used textbooks do not come with supplemental materials. It is the key film in kieslowskis development from a parochial filmmaker to an international master. I was stuck in a sort of trance while watching this, as beautifully photographed scenes seemed to follow one after the other for the films entirety. For a long time, i loved this film above all others.
The parts do not quite fit, and anyway this is not a puzzle to be assembled. Directed by krzysztof kieslowski, starring krzysztof kieslowski. Written by kieslowski and krzysztof piesiewicz, the film explores the themes of identity, love, and human intuition through the characters of weronika, a polish choir soprano, and her. Veronique learns that the puppeteer is a childrens book author named alexandre fabbri philippe volter, whose marionette story was based on his. The double life of veronique is intriguing and ambitious, it succeeds in enthralling you in metaphysics and spirituality, but surprisingly keeps its feet on the ground throughout. It showed me what cinema can do with the moving image.
Double life opens with distorted images of the world, and two separate commands to examine it closely, to focus on the details and pay attention. Irene jacob, wladyslaw kowalski, halina gryglaszewska, kalina jedrusik, aleksander. The crucial difference, for me, was that veronique did not wrap up in a way that satisfied me. The double life of veronique 1991 is an abstract and mysterious work in its imagery and intentions but manages to be pretty easy to follow as a story. By the end of all the three colors films, the protagonist had made an arc of some sort, while in veronique it felt like the whole double life aspect was never properly explored.
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