Three Color Red Analysis

Three Colors: Red Questions

1. Throughout “Three Colors: Red” many themes were explored in this feature film. For instance, the first one we see appear in the film multiple times includes the technology aspect of using a telephone. When the movie opens up Michel makes a phone call to Valentine. As we hear the phone ringing we follow the phone line, which goes from the wire in his room, down the apartment, into the ocean, through a tunnel, then the message gets sent to Valentine who is living in Geneva. The telephone is an important object in the film because it is what connects the characters to a certain set of information. My hypothesis is proven in the film when Auguste picks up the phone and calls the personal weather report. When Valentine rescues the dog and takes it back to her apartment her Michel calls and she informs him on how she is not alone and she puts the phone to the dogs mouth, as he barks in the background. The phone allows the characters in the film to be apart of each other’s life by talking to one another. The phone was an important image throughout the film because the retired judge listens in on his neighbor’s phone conversation. We see this in the film when Valentine goes to the retired judges house to return the dog. However, he does not want the dog and fixates his attention …show more content…
He betrays his family by being in a relationship with another man. The neighbor goes behind his wife’s back and betrays the family and puts public shame on the family name. In the incident involving Valentine going to the neighbors house but not telling them because she doesn’t want to cause harm or feel remorse it reminds her of the situation with her “guy friend” who found out at the age of 15 that his father wasn’t his real birth dad. Finding out the truth and dealing with betrayal is a prominent theme that keeps showing up through the