Three Colors: Red - 6

I think that this is the best of the trilogy. It is able to connect all three films in an interesting way, and has the most obvious parallelism of the films. It also has some very memorable moments and lines, that defy the usual fast paced dialogue of most american films. Its vision of life is so open. In other words it portrays the idea that the possibilities of life are greater and more abundant than the scripts that we live our lives by. If we could just catch a glimpse of real joy, and recognize even the smallest suffering, our lives could be freeing. Our choices would mean more, and life might be more full. The future that we walk into is an opening; not free from what is behind us, but an expanse that has far less limits than the human mind can conceive.

(In relation to this film read the Thomas Merton quote further down this page)