Dear Colleagues, I am working with a class on The Double Life of Veronique by Kieslowski and thought I would like to open a thread on Screen-L. I was wondering how the film was received in America, especially considering that the ending is different than the European version, although I have a print shown on Swedish tv with the version Kieslowski describes in his book "Kieslowski on Kieslowksi" as well as the US version he talks about released on videocassette in the UK. Any tips on reading are appreciated. There are a number of parallels I have picked up and I am sure I have missed some things. Would anyone care to add to my list? We are contemplating the idea of letting students write their main film papers on aspects of the film by applying different methods and theory. _________________________________________ Parallels in The Double Life of Veronique Poland France Veronika Veronique Antek Antoine Room 287 (Holiday Inn) Room 287 in Paris Old lady who needs help Old lady who walks Heart problems Heart problems Same music of van den Budenmajer Same music of van den Budenmajer Wear similar clothing (brown coat and red scarf) in scene from the square Lives with father Lives with father Woman at competition in Poland sees Veronique in Paris hallway and is sitting at caf=E9 Rubs ring under eye Rubs ring under eye ___________________________________________ I am surprised that there are a number of students that see the film as not having much to say, all glitter on the surface... There are a few women in class that don't like Kieslowski's portraits of women, either, so a feminist reading of the film could be very interesting. I think that recurring threads in the TRICOLOR group and even from the DECALOGUE are also interesting aspects of reading a group of themes and characters having a place in Kieslowski's films made at different times---almost like his own fictional world, including the fictional van den Budenmajer (Preisner pseudonym). all the best, Bert Deivert ___________________________________________________________ BERT DEIVERT Film Studies / Media Studies University of Karlstad,SWEDEN Voice: 46-54-83 81 06 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] WWW: http://www.hks.se/~bertd/bertd.html =20 ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]