Krzysztof Kieslowski - Trois couleurs (x-post amazon)

I had a lot of fun watching these three movies, though i must admit to not considering them masterpieces. The basic stories of all three movies are charming. All three are in some way about human relationships, and they manage to convey the intensity such relationships can take in an interesting way. The problem is that the stories at times veer over in what i feel is unreflective self-parody. In a sense, they become too self-referential and the plausibility of the situation is lost in the process. This is not as apparent in the first movie as in the second and third. But by the third movie it becomes slightly annoying. At the same time the narrational outline of the third movie was the one i found most appealing. Apart from the excessive self-referential symbolism the imagery is quite powerful, and the stories are incredibly charming. (Though that might just be my like of french and polish influencing me.) It is also quite entertaining to watch the esthetic of the early nineties from a polish/french perspective.