> an artistic expression of _European_ cinema (beyond _national_
> cinemas) befitting the integration & expansion of the European market
> (for better or worse), a project that Krzysztof Kieslowski failed to
> accomplish with his sadly mediocre _Three Colors: Blue, White, Red_
> (1993-4, the French, Polish, & Swiss co-production).
(Groan). That's because Kieslowski succeeded, brilliantly, at creating the first masterpiece of Eurovideo. The Tricoleur is an amazing work of art, but it's 1990s aesthetics, not 1970s. What's mind-boggling is that he created the Decalogue in 1988, another transcendent work which redefined video; like lightning striking twice or something. Possibly he realized how ill he was (he died in 1996, heart failure on the operating table) and put everything he had into the trilogy.
-- Dennis