Blue Is the Colour

Blue is the Colour is the only film, dealing with fans, which doesn't opt for the same old cliché about hooligans, violence and all that stuff we've seen a million times before. The film shows 4 chelsea fans who are all very different: the posh woman, the old timer, the sarcastic armchair fan, and the chelsea fanatic and draws you into their love for their team. I'm an Arsenal fan so I wasn't too fond of the films portrayal of my team but, the director is chelsea after all and it did manage to convey emotions that i, as a fan in general, could identify with completely.

I hope that the makers of the film have success with this project which would be enjoyed by football fans and people who don't understand the offside rule.

"Football support is one of the stupidest things you can do," Chelsea fan Mike Perillo confesses in this in-depth and humorous documentary exploring what makes fans of Chelsea football club, and football in general, tick. In their documentary, Marina Jankovic and Chloe Barreau follow Chelsea on their 2003-04 European Champions' League campaign. They interview a broad cross-section of Chelsea fans - from a millionairess bridge teacher, to a cheeky, though eloquent if slightly bad-mouthed Opera manager, to a London taxi driver with a heart of gold who refuses to swear, despite his overwhelming passion for the team. The documentary seeks to explain the irrational passion for football and their team that the participants in the film share, despite their very different lives and views. The film also contains some unique footage and very funny moments. A must see and a fantastic debut. Definitely 10/10.

At last a film that appeals as much to those who have never set foot in a football ground as to the true fanatics inured in football culture. Charting the highs and lows of a group of Chelsea supporters following their team around Europe, this film puts paid to the myth, still engendered by recent releases such as 'Football Factory', that fans of the beautiful game are a uniform set of low-life, violent scum sporting Burberry baseball caps.

'Fever Pitch' has been acclaimed for its accurate depiction of the agony and ecstasy of the love affair that is following a chosen team. By employing a documentary format with real people, 'Blue is the Colour' reaches another level by enabling the viewer to actually experience it. Watching, one becomes aware of the scent of aftershave, alcohol and onions, the touch of warm winter coats and beery breath in the cold evening air and the electricity of anticipation, joy and despair pulsing through the assembled mass of humanity that is a football crowd. The cut aways to interviews with devotees and opposition supporters provide time to catch your breath and gain an insight into the mentality and ethos of the fan.

For Chelsea supporters, this is an opportunity to live through our champions' league campaign all over again, made all the more poignant with the foreknowledge of the ending. More than this, it reflects the the shared consciousness of all long suffering 'Blues'. The normal post match tube journey from Highbury, surrounded by smug Arsenal supporters is normally something to be endured having taken yet another pasting. 'Blue is the Colour' records for posterity the moment when, for once, the tables are turned.

Football atheists and agnostics, watch this film and discover what it is that drives your spouse/friends/colleagues to eat, drink and sleep their team with the inevitable bout of indigestion on Saturday night/Monday morning. True believers, season's highlights DVD on sale from the Megastore will never be the same again. Follow the posh bird, depressive opera lover, health food freak, down to earth cabby and the opposition fans they meet along the way as 'Blue is the Colour' rampages (well, embarks on a pub crawl) across Europe.