The Double Life of Veronique (1991)

So, I didn't like Camera Buff much, but I thought Veronique was great. Really, on par with Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy. I've still got the rest of his work to check out, but maybe I just prefer his later, more mature works like this, Three Colors and The Decalogue.

It's hard to describe what makes Veronique such a beautiful film. Visually, it's very arresting. Kieslowski uses some gorgeous filters and colors to give the film a look that's real and surreal at the same time. I really don't know, it's just a beautiful, atmospheric film. And it doesn't hurt that Irene Jacob is pretty much perfection embodied in a woman.

Kieslowski seems to love finding the quirky, normal events in ordinary life, and showing their beauty. Much like Jeunet's characters are delighted by the small things in life, so is Veronique, although it's nowhere near as obvious. Kieslowski simply has a great ability for finding the beauty in the banal.