Editing Three Colours trilogy (section)

==Themes==
Blue, white, and red are the colours of the [[Flag of France|French flag]] in [[Glossary of vexillology#Flag elements|hoist-to-fly]] order, and the story of each film is loosely based on one of the three political ideals in [[Liberté, égalité, fraternité|the motto]] of the [[French Republic]]: [[liberty]], [[Social equality|equality]], [[Fraternity (philosophy)|fraternity]]. As with the treatment of the [[Ten Commandments]] in ''[[Dekalog]]'', the illustration of these principles is often ambiguous and ironic. As Kieślowski noted in an interview with an [[Oxford University]] student newspaper: "The words [''liberté, egalité, fraternité''] are French because the money [to fund the films] is French. If the money had been of a different nationality, we would have titled the films differently, or they might have had a different cultural connotation. But the films would probably have been the same".<ref>{{cite news|last=Abrahamson|first=Patrick|date=1995-06-02|title=Kieslowski's Many Colours|url=http://www.musicolog.com/kieslowski_manycolours.asp|work=Oxford University Student newspaper|access-date=2020-12-07|archive-date=19 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219141755/http://www.musicolog.com/kieslowski_manycolours.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

The trilogy has also been interpreted by film critic [[Roger Ebert]] as, respectively, an anti-tragedy, an [[anti-comedy]], and an anti-romance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-three-colors-trilogy-blue-white-red|title=Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, White, Red|first=Roger|last=Ebert|date=9 March 2003|website=RogerEbert.com|access-date=17 January 2017|archive-date=13 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413074921/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-three-colors-trilogy-blue-white-red|url-status=live}}</ref>