A brief visual essay on composition in Roman Polanski’s first feature film, Knife in the Water.
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Triangles in Roman Polanski’s Knife in the Water
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Three Colours: Red – fraternity and romance
Three Colours: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) made in 1994 is the third film in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s ‘Three Colours Trilogy’. The trilogy discusses the French Republic’s three themes of: liberty, equality and fraternity, with Red focussing on fraternity.
Three Colours: White – equality and comedy
Three Colours: White (Trois couleurs: Blanc) made in 1994 is the second film in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s ‘Three Colours Trilogy’. The trilogy discusses the French Republic’s three themes of: liberty, equality and fraternity, with White focussing on equality.
Three Colours: Blue – liberty and tragedy
Three Colours: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu) made in 1993 is the first film in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s ‘Three Colours Trilogy’. The trilogy discusses the French Republic’s three themes of: liberty, equality and fraternity, with Blue focussing on liberty.
Seeing red and seeing double in Zhang Yimou’s sensuous and symmetrical Raise the Red Lantern
Zhang Yimou’s landmark 1991 film Raise the Red Lantern discusses themes of jealously, pragmatism and survival, set against a background of marital enslavement in China’s pre-Civl War Warlord era of the 1920s. The film’s story is told via a rich master’s fourth mistress Songlian, played by Gong Li.
Girlhood – Céline Sciamma’s fight against fatalism
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Girhood (Bande de filles) made in 2014 is the third film in Céline Sciamma’s accidental ‘trilogy of youth’ series, following Water Lilies, and Tomboy. The film discusses the themes of: alienation, class and gender.
Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence – faith and fatalism
The Silence (Tystnaden) made in 1963 is the third film in Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Silence of God’ trilogy. The film discusses similar themes of: faith, certainty and reduction to the trilogy’s other films: Through a Glass Darkly, and Winter Light.
Ingmar Bergman’s Winter Light – faith and feeling
Winter Light (Nattvardsgästernal) made in 1963 is the second film in Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Silence of God’ trilogy. The film discusses similar themes of: faith, certainty and reduction to the trilogy’s other films: Through a Glass Darkly, and The Silence.
Ingmar Bergman’s Through a Glass Darkly – faith and family
Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) made in 1961 is the first film in Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Silence of God’ trilogy. The film discusses similar themes of: faith, certainty and reduction to the trilogy’s other films: Winter Light, and The Silence.
Kenneth Johnson’s V – Juliet Parrish and freedom fighters.
V is a two-part American science fiction television film, written, produced and directed by Kenneth Johnson for initial broadcast in 1983. For some, V is of purely nostalgic interest with its science fiction and horror clichés and all too clear allegories. For others, it remains a science fiction treasure with a resonating influence for its lead female character Juliet Parrish (played by Faye Grant, below) and deep, sometimes brave, moralism.
