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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Phil Bagnall, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.

This time, Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours: Red.

The third installment in the landmark Three Colours trilogy focuses on a strange relationship in mid-nineties Geneva. Valentine is a young student model trying to find direction in her life, who stumbles into the life of a voyeuristic retired judge. The two strike up a strange relationship, discovering just how interconnected their lives are despite the gulf that seems to exist between them.

At time of recording, it was ranked 246th on the Internet Movie Database‘s list of the best movies of all-time.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 9th June 2019.
• Three Colours: Red at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
• Follow Phil on Twitter.
• Read Phil’s reviews at Scannain.
• An obituary of Krysztof Kieślowski in The New York Times, March 1996.
• Krzysztof Kieślowski discusses his filmography with The New York Times, November 1994.
• The Film Stage offers a collection of rare interviews with Krzysztof Kieślowski, October 2014.
• Krzysztof Kieślowski talks to the Institute of Contemporary Arts about his filmmaking, January 1995.
• Nancy Ramsey at The New York Times discusses the themes and preoccupations of Krzysztof Kieślowski, May 2000.
• Writer and collaborator Krzysztof Piesiewicz discusses his relationship with Krzysztof Kieślowski at The Guardian, May 2002.
• Krzysztof Kieślowski discusses Three Colours: Red with The Guardian, November 1994.
• Roger Ebert reviews the Three Colours trilogy at RogerEbert.com, March 2003.
• Peter Bradshaw at The Guardian debates the popularity of the Three Colours trilogy in the mid-nineties, November 2011.
• Colin MacCabe at Criterion on Three Colours as a celebration of European cinema, November 2011.
• Dan Kois at Slate revisits the Three Colours trilogy, and advocates for Three Colours: White, at Slate, November 2011.
• Dave Kehr at The New York Times on the importance of the trilogy or triptych in European filmmaking, January 2004.
• Abbey Lustgarten at Criterion provides ten interesting facts about the Three Colours trilogy, November 2011.
• Caryn James reports on the Venice Film Festival, including the success of Three Colours: Blue, for The New York Times, September 1993.
• Joan Dupont reports on the premiere of Three Colours: Red at the Cannes Film Festival for The New York Times, May 1994.
• Janet Maslin at The New York Times reports on the premiere of Three Colours: Red at Cannes, May 1994.
• Derek Malcolm at The Guardian on whether Three Colours: Red deserved to lose the Palme d’Or to Pulp Fiction, November 2011.
• Bryan Curtis at The New York Times discusses the fickleness of the foreign language Oscar, February 2004.
• Marianne Eloise at Vice on the challenges of advertising perfume, March 2017.
• David Haglund at Slate on the music of the Three Colours trilogy, November 2011.
• Nicholas Reyland points to several highlights on the soundtracks to the Three Colours trilogy at The Guardian, November 2011.
• Zbigniew Preisner discusses his long collaboration with Krzysztof Kieślowski in The Village Voice, September 2016.
• Georgina Evans at Criterion on the theme of fraternity in Three Colours: Red, November 2011.
• Casey Newton at The Verge on how social media makes people feel increasingly isolated, November 2018.
• Louise Harvey at Spun Out discusses the impact of podcast listening on her mental health, January 2019.
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