Curent Project: Krzysztof Kieslowski

Throughout “The Green Ray,” it feels like Delphine is building towards something. She cannot articulate what it is she’s looking for, but in a way, this doesn’t diminish her yearning, it gives it greater heft. She must have some grand romantic vision in her head that will be

This is the first time that I’ve taken a scene-by-scene approach to a movie and ended up liking and respecting it less as a result. I am officially downgrading “The Green Ray” with one more essay to go tomorrow, it is no longer on my list of favorite films.

Delphine had to hit rock bottom before her great revival began. But that means one more section that ends with her crying. I feel like apologizing for that. I’ve taken my non-existent cinematic audience on a fairly dull, somewhat depressing ride so far. I could blame Delphine for that,

To continue Thursday, August 2, Delphine happens upon a group of older people, four women and a man, who are discussing the Jules Verne novel “The Green Ray.” One woman tells most of the story, saying that she is not a fan of Verne’s writing in general — another in

Michel de Montaigne wrote that it is equally possible to fail at solitude as it is to fail in the company of others. Delphine is a character who desires to be alone when she is with other people, but wishes to be with other people whenever she’s alone. She

This section takes us through four days of Delphine’s odd, improvisational vacation, and up to about the halfway point in the movie. In begins on Sunday, July 21 with her still in Cherbourg. Her friend is about to leave, returning to Paris, and the original plan was for Delphine