Olivier, Bert2010-10-272010-10-272010-102002Olivier, B 2002, 'Kieslowski's "Three Colours 'Blue', 'White' and 'Red'": the colours of life.' South African Journal of Art History, vol. 17, pp. 120-139.0258-3542http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15090Article digitised using: Suprascan 1000 RGB scanner, scanned at 400 dpi; 24-bit colour; 100% Image derivating - Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Image levels, crop, deskew Abbyy Fine Reader No.9 - Image manipulation + OCR Adobe Acrobat 9 (PDF)This article is an art-philosophical interpretation of Kieslowski's film trilogy, "Blue", "White" and "Red", in terms of Gadamer's distinction among the three hermeneutic activities of understanding, interpretation and application. Focusing on the symbolic meaning of the colours in question, namely liberty, equality and fraternity or friendship, it traces the emergence of meaning in the narratives of the three films by moving from understanding to interpretation, before addressing the question of the films' application to the lives of contemporary people.20 pagesPdfenArt Historical Work Group of South Africa"Three colours 'Blue', 'White', 'Red'" (Motion picture)Polish motion picture producers and directorsKieslowski, Krzysztof, 1941-1996Polish cinemaCinematic trilogyColors in motion picturesSymbolism of colors in artBlue in artWhite in artRed in artColor -- Psychological aspectsMotion pictures -- PolandArticle