It was a performance for me to appreciate this little movie. Yes, a performance because I am not particularly fond of Internet and hacker movies. It's not a topic, a scheme from my generation; I am too much old fashioned to love this kind of films. But for this one, I must admit that it was a real shock, a good one, and it reminds me the one when I discovered RUN LOLA RUN, another gem from over the Rhine, eight years ago, directed by Tom Tykwer who went to Hollywood since and gave us two terrific films named THE PERFUME and THE INTERNATIONAL. That's all I saw from him. But back to this one, yes, this proves that the German film industry is not so static or gloomy as many folks say. I guess the director of this movie will go to Hollywood - he has already done it and begun the shooting of a crime flick, a remake of a French one: NUIT BLANCHE. I also guess that this new director will be a simple yes man for the Hollywood producers, UNLIKE Tykwer was, because PERFUME and the INTERNATIONAL, I repeat again, were masterpieces for me. I am afraid that this talented film maker will lose his soul in USA. But if his genius is only focused on camera angles and technicities, and not the story,so maybe the American producers will be loose with him. The trailer of his crime flick seems promising. Let's wait then...
Review of Who Am I
