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Krótki film o zabijaniu (1988)
This film will stay with you forever...
What an important film. And a great one it is too, although I prefer 'A Short Film About Love' better because it is less depressing and especially more uplifting at the end. But then what film couldn't be?!
The brutal slaying at the centre of the film is particularly hard to watch and worse than a 100 shootings in a crass American action flick. It is simply 7 horrific (but important) minutes. You will remember this killing throughout the rest of the film and long after the movie has ended. And this is deliberately intentional. As was Kieslowski attempting to make us feel sympathy for the devil (the killer) at the end by a tragic childhood memory. However, it is too little, too late. I felt no sympathy for the killer because I remembered the brutal slaying he committed earlier. You'll still emphathise with him at the end despite his crimes.
I think if you agree with capital punishment then you may change your mind and if you don't it will merely confirm your stance against it. Even though this film is dark and at times horrific it needed to be made and the 3 main cast (the victim, his killer and his lawyer) all deserve credit for their moving performances. Kieslowski, his co-writer, his D.O.P and indeed all the rest of the bit cast and crew should be commended.
I doubt any Polish cinema will come close to this film and the 'Love' film forever more - but I hope Directors at least try to emulate these rightful classics in the future.
Caché (2005)
An UTTER Disappointment
This was such a tedious film I often felt like falling asleep. I couldn't care less what Haneke was trying to do - all I felt at the end was like I'd been robbed and didn't know what had happened.
I don't like the fact that you invest your time and money in a story and then in a typical French way you never actually get a resolution.
I really WANTED to find out WHO had been sending the pictures and taping the house. Just so my own suspicions could be confirmed or blown up.
I think overall it must be the son of the man who committed suicide as he's the only one with a motive and knows the history. I'd also like to have known the meaning of the last scene. WHY did he talk to the child? I think it would have been more powerful if he had just walked towards the kid calmly and then picked him up, bundled him into a car and sped away.What a good and surprising ending that would have been.
Haneke could still have played with his pretensions and anti-Hollywood anti-resolutions stance but also have shocked his audience.
Instead he merely bored the majority of us with dead ends. See Funny Games and save your money if you want Haneke at his best.
This is his pretentious, teasing worst. AVOID!