Three Colors: White (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

The most playful and also the grittiest film of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colors trilogy, White follows the adventures of Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a Polish immigrant living in France. The hapless hairdresser opts to leave Paris for his native Warsaw when his wife (Julie Delpy) sues him for divorce (her reason: their marriage was never consummated) and then frames him for arson after setting her own salon ablaze. The film, which goes on to chronicle Karol Karol’s elaborate revenge plot, manages to be both a ticklish dark comedy about the economic inequalities of Eastern and Western Europe and a sublime reverie on twisted love. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES High-definition digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrackCinema lesson with director Krzysztof KieślowskiVideo essay by film critic Tony RaynsInterview programs with Three Colors cowriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz and actors Zbigniew Zamachowski and Julie DelpyShort documentary on the making of WhiteTwo short documentaries by Kieślowski: Seven Women of Different Ages (1978) and Talking Heads (1980)TrailerEnglish subtitle translationPLUS: An essay by film critic Stuart Klawans