#Three Colours: Red
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Ir猫ne Jacob in "Three Colors: Red" (1994)
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The metaphisical Love of Sauron's and Galadriel's聽hands
"They part the theater with a semitouch, their hands abstractly close-up, separated only by the glass of the car window. This marvelous cinematic gesture communicates so much more than simple character and plot resolution. The abstract nature of the shot amplifies the significance of it, suggesting love of the highest, metaphysical order." The Films of Krzysztof Kie艣lowski: The Liminal Image, Joseph G. Kickasola, pp. 317-318
I was reading this book for my thesis when i came about this lines and something in my head clicked at "suggesting love of the highest, metaphisical order". And in that moment I thought about Galadriel and Sauron (indeed, why doing your work when you can think of them, right?). This kind of love, which is metaphysical and it's shown through a simple gesture such as an almost-tuch. Just to give you some context, the text refers to Three colours: Red, which is the last film of the "Three Colours tryology" and of Krystof Kieslowski's career. It's about a young woman who casually meets an old retired judge and, slowly, they create some kind of connection (this is a very summarized plot, but there's more to it than this). Anyway, the frame the text refers to is this one:
This is the last time Valentine, the young woman, and the judge see each other. Kieslowksi is a real master of visual storytelling, and this is a blatant exemple. This short frame converge, as the text tells us, a ralethionship which was meant to be, but never was. In a previous scene the judge says to Valentine: "maybe, I never met the woman... maybe, you're the woman I never met". This non-meeting hangs there between them, between their hands, separeted by a glass, suspended in a timeless and spaceless moment. In this void their story exists, not in the real world, but in an alternate, separeted one. Sadly, is a world of imagination, so there isn't a possibility for a concrete connection, at least in the present. Now, there's more to say about Red, but I'll stop there because I don't think you're interested in it (but if you like cosmic connection and complicated carachters, you're welcome to watch this masterpice). What I want to address here are the words of Kickasola: "the abstract nature of the shot amplifies the significance of it, suggesting love of the highest, metaphysical order", then he adds: "at the same time, the glass symbolizes a barrier: a romantic connection reached for, but impossible". I think this words are easily applied to Sauron's and Galadriel's relathionship. So, let's analyzed how their hands are shot.
In this frames their hands don't touch, but they enlace each other's arms as a sign of trust. This is the first form of connection they share, still, they keep their distance: neither of them dares to touch the other's hand, neither for a shake. So, they create a barrier.
Here, their hands touch, but there's always an object between them. Every one of this objects rapresent an idea or a desire which are important to them: hope (the simbol of the Southlands king), promises (Finrod's dagger) and power (the nine rings).
In these their hands are near, but never touch. The illusion is shattered, the promise is lost and, even if Sauron tries, he's not able to reach for Galadriel's hand.
I think is interesting that they never hold each other's hand, nor voluntary, nor involontary, nor for necessity. All their approaches are shaped first by formalities, then by ideals, finally by betrayals. Their connection happens in this space, better, in this non-space where they can hide what they feel, but will never say. Love is relegated in a place beyond phisical reach, hung in the metaphisical domain: is in the space between their arms, in the hold of Finrod's dagger, in the distance that separates their hands when Sauron try to catch her from falling. I think the last frame, more than the others, explain this. Like the one in Red, the nature of the shot is abstract, suspended in the air. The background is out of focus, their hands clearly visible. But, unlike in Kie艣lowski's movie, the distance here is accentuated not only by the fact that Sauron doesn't reach Galadriel, but also by how their hands are shot: they never overlap, so they can't touch neither in the metaphisical space. So is Love over, even in the abstract dimension? No, it persists, willingly or unwillingly, in the outer world, that may become visible (but still not phisical) if the theory about the bond made by Morgoth's crown is correct. This is shown by Galadriel's hand reaching for the wound = for the invisible connection:
Interestingly enough, the phisical manifestation of said love (the phisical touch) happens in an outer space, separeted from reality: in Red, it happens in a theater, the ultimate fictional realm:
in trop, this happens in an illusion, Sauron's illusion:
Like Valentine and the judge, their love can't be sustained by reality, it wolud be crushed by hopes, ideals and power, but is unlatched from reality, alive in a place that trascend time and space. They both feel it, but will they acknowledge this? Only time will tell.
With this I won't mean that their love is not real, but that is bigger than the real world they are in (regardless from their behavior and choices)
Disclaimer: this is just my interpretation of Galadriel and Sauron relationship, it can be fallacious and is not a universal truth.
#don't be scared by the length it's mostly images#cosmic connection#that's why i write love with the capital L#I don't think it's simply a romance#but it's romantic#not the bastardized meaning#but as the literary current meant it#I could make a post about the bastardization of the romantic word lol#I hope I make sense#hope this post makes sense#I just wanted to show you Kie艣lowski's genius#and how a story about metaphisical love is made#trop writers take notes#it's about pictures and their meanings#with just a frame you can show us their love#now I'm bubbling sorry#I should work on my thesis#scusa Kie艣lowski#saurondriel#haladriel#galadriel x sauron#galadriel#sauron#trop#three colours: red#my gifs#meta
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Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994). dir. Krzysztof Kie艣lowski
#trois couleurs: rouge#three colours: red#krzysztof kie艣lowski#film#jean-louis trintignant#ir猫ne jacob#1990s#french cinema#movie quotes
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#movies#polls#three colours: red#three colours red#three colours#90s movies#krzysztof kie艣lowski#ir猫ne jacob#jean louis trintignant#fr茅d茅rique feder#jean pierre lorit#samuel le bihan#have you seen this movie poll
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Trois couleurs: Rouge | Three Colours: Red (1994) dir. Krzysztof Kie艣lowski cine. Piotr Sovoci艅ski
#Trois couleurs: Rouge#Three Colours: Red#Krzysztof Kie艣lowski#Piotr Sovoci艅ski#Ir猫ne Jacob#Jean-Louis Trintignant#Jean-Pierre Lorit#screencaps#cinema#film#cinematography#movies#film stills#my screengrabs#french film
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Krzysztof Kie艣lowski, {1994} Trois couleurs: Rouge (Three Colors: Red)
#film#gif#Krzysztof Kie艣lowski#trois couleurs: rouge#three colours: red#three colors: red#trois couleurs#three colours#three colors#irene jacob#krzysztof kieslowski#1994#landscapes#feature length#switzerland#france#poland#colour#sun#photos in films#portraits#1990s
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Three Colours: Red (1994) | dir. Krzysztof Kie艣lowski
#three colours: red#three colors: red#trois couleurs: rouge#trzy kolory: czerwony#krzysztof kie艣lowski#cinematography#films#movies#screencaps
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Three Colours: Red (1994)
#jean louis trintignant#when he pulled up in his little old car to the fashion show. ok icon#three colours: red#trois couleurs: rouge#krzysztof kieslowski#irene jacob#mine
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Three Colours: Blue (1993), Three Colours: White (1994) Three Colours: Red (1994). Written/co-written, produced and directed by Polish聽filmmaker聽Krzysztof Kie艣lowski. Starring Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy, Irene Jacob.
#Three Colours: Blue#Three Colours: White#Three Colours: Red#juliette binoche#julie delpy#Ir猫ne Jacob#Krzysztof Kie艣lowski
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Three Colours: Red (1994)
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Three Colours: Red Dir. Krzysztof Kie艣lowski 1994
#my screenshots#films#Three Colours: Red#Krzysztof Kie艣lowski#favorite films#90s films#visuals#French films#Red#movies#dreamcore#film caps#landscapes
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Ir猫ne Jacob in "Three Colors: Red" (1994)
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Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) - Krzysztof Kie艣lowski
#three colours: red#trois couleurs: rouge#krzysztof kieslowski#film#film still#watched in st louis#criterion channel#watched in october 2024
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Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994). dir. Krzysztof Kie艣lowski
#trois couleurs: rouge#three colours: red#krzysztof kie艣lowski#film#jean-louis trintignant#ir猫ne jacob#jean-pierre lorit#1990s#french cinema
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