Advantages: Concept.beautiful acting and direction Disadvantages: A tad slow.Subject might not interest many.
Blue is a part of Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy of films symbolizing the colours of france.All three films were released in a short span of two years(1993-94) and focusses on different attributes of life.
Julie(Juliette Binoche) loses her world famous composer husband and her child in a traffic accident and decides to live a rather independent life of her own. To make things easier for herself,she decides to sell off all the previous belongings and moving to a new neighbourhood where she can channel all her focus to a new life by herself.She is focussed to keep the tragedy out of her life and tries to take a new look at life. Soon Julie realises she needs to work on one of her husband's last work as a musician and on her journey comes to know new things about him that she never knew.
Its a film which has a rather strong impact ...
Advantages: A lyrical and melodical masterpiece with hidden depth Disadvantages: Dark and seedy themes may not suit all tastes
INTRODUCTION
It is beyond doubt ? in my mind at least ? that a good song is formed of that rare combination of melody and lyrics. In my view, a song that sounds good but has no lyrical depth has little staying power - melody appeals to the heart, but lyrics are what engage the brain. To belabour the point just one stage further, the melody attracts you, but the lyrics are what ultimately keep you interested. Indeed, it was the catchy melodies and compelling hooks that drew me to the music of the Beautiful South in the first place, but even after listening to their songs and albums countless times over the years, each listen is still rewarded with new discoveries, new nuances and new revelations. My favourite Beautiful South album (despite the regrettable name ? I am an Arsenal fan after all) is ?Blue Is The Colour?, released in ...
Advantages: Striking, affecting combinations of music and visuals, strong central performance. Disadvantages: Perhaps a little too blue.
"Now I have only one thing left to do: nothing. I don't want any belongings, any memories. No friends, no love. Those are all traps."
This is the resolution of Julie Vignon (Juliette Binoche), the central character of Three Colours: Blue. The survivor of a car crash which took the lives of her husband Patrice, a celebrated composer, and her young daughter, she desires nothing but to withdraw from life, cutting all ties and bonds that formerly surrounded her.
The creation of a Franco-Polish collaboration, and the last project of acclaimed director Krzysztof Kieslowski, the Three Colours trilogy (Blue being the first, White the second and Red the third) takes as its focus the three foundations of the French state; Liberté, égalité et fraternité. Reflecting also the French tricolore, Blue deals with an interpretation of Liberty ...
Product Information for "Colours Of Brazil/African Blue - Les Baxter" »
Product details
Title
Colours Of Brazil/African Blue
Performer
Les Baxter
Genre
Easy Listening
Release Date
10/1995
Original Release Year
1991
Label / Distributor
GNP Crescendo / ZYX Music; F-Minor
Producer
Gene Norman
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
52824203624
Additional notes
Album Notes
Originally released as 2 separate LPs: BRAZIL NOW (1966)/AFRICAN BLUE (1967). Released in 1966 and 1967 as the albums BRAZIL NOW and AFRICAN BLUE, the 25 tracks on this well-annotated collection capture composer/arranger/tenor saxophonist Les Baxter towards the end of his primary creative period. Baxter's special brand of easy listening and world music influences wasn't as unique by the mid-'60s as it had been a decade before. Bossa nova artists like Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto were making a heftier, more authentic version of the same sort of music that's on this disc, and at the time, Baxter's slick orchestral arrangements sounded kind of old-fashioned. Now, of course, that's kind of the point, and in hindsight, there's no way you can go wrong with tunes like Francis Lai's "A Man and a Woman" and Jobim's "Berimbau." Hipsters might have originally been smirking when they revived this music, but there's genuine artistry to be found here.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Felicidade
2.
Canta De Ossanha
3.
Balan Samba
4.
Day Of The Roses
5.
Man And A Woman
6.
Who Will Buy
7.
Somewhere In The Hills
8.
Goin' Out Of My Head
9.
Tristeza
10.
Berimbau
11.
Laia Ladaia
12.
Banda
13.
Born Free
14.
Yellow Sun
15.
Flame Tree
16.
Zebra
17.
Dark River
18.
Topaz
19.
Tree Of Life
20.
Girl Of Uganda
21.
Magenta Mountain
22.
Johannesburg Blues
23.
Jalaba
24.
Azure Sands Kalahari
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