Post by Capo on Aug 4, 2007 23:47:16 GMT
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Michael Haneke 2004 France / Austria / Germany / Italy
When a bourgeois couple start receiving video tapes of their home under surveillance, the husband relates to an incident from his childhood.
A slow, riveting, austere work which explores cinematography to the point that the plot is almost irrelevant, though some might find it of interest as a reflection of Franco-Algerian relations, and the implications of guilt stemming from the Algerian War. Shooting in long-takes and without music, Haneke keeps his audience at arm's length throughout; the result is a cool, deeply ambiguous film which offers no (or many) solutions, ultimately as empty or as deep as you want it to be: it involves you insofar that you wish to be involved, and so many will no doubt walk away in confusion if not fury. Either way, to those interested in cinematic form, it will likely make you think about what Cinema is and how you watch it. In years to come, like some sort of Antonioni masterpiece, it'll likely be regarded as a masterpiece.
Hidden
Michael Haneke 2004 France / Austria / Germany / Italy
When a bourgeois couple start receiving video tapes of their home under surveillance, the husband relates to an incident from his childhood.
A slow, riveting, austere work which explores cinematography to the point that the plot is almost irrelevant, though some might find it of interest as a reflection of Franco-Algerian relations, and the implications of guilt stemming from the Algerian War. Shooting in long-takes and without music, Haneke keeps his audience at arm's length throughout; the result is a cool, deeply ambiguous film which offers no (or many) solutions, ultimately as empty or as deep as you want it to be: it involves you insofar that you wish to be involved, and so many will no doubt walk away in confusion if not fury. Either way, to those interested in cinematic form, it will likely make you think about what Cinema is and how you watch it. In years to come, like some sort of Antonioni masterpiece, it'll likely be regarded as a masterpiece.
