Could have been a great movie
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karaladh — 12 years ago(March 25, 2014 04:53 PM)
He is a master, more gifted than any director I know of today.
His direction is intentionally cold and rigid, he wants the viewer to feel uncomfortable. As opposed to most directors, every scene has the impact he wants it to have. He is in total control. He manipulates the audience to no end, without the use of a soundtrack, which is quite an achievement if you ask me. You have to see some old films by Bresson, then you'll understand better.
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killakippa — 10 years ago(September 17, 2015 04:25 PM)
Yes he is a master. The film is so picture perfect. You just have to sit back, well you don't have to but I did, and marvel at his directorial choices. There's always a certain point in a film too when I'm committed and then began waiting with bated breath for the Director to make the inevitable "mistake" or misstep, but the Director never wavered, never flinched.
And it's nice to gain complete confidence in a Director and be able to comfortably sit back and enjoy a film, which I did in this movie half way through, that's not true at all actually, I held my breath to the very end, I thought the bastard would botch it, the ending, but he didn't, it was a stunning finish.
The most satisfying film I've seen this year besides Possession (1981).
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tobias_681 — 11 years ago(July 30, 2014 10:28 AM)
Wait wait wait. Haneke is an amazing director but I found the script to be rather weak (he's written that but writing is not directing). I had my problems with the film but it isn't really the direction.
You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were and I say Why not? -
Smart_Monkey — 9 years ago(July 04, 2016 08:53 PM)
I think people are failing to see the sarcasm in this post.
https://goo.gl/wbyNk3