Writer/Director: Michael Haneke
Year: 2009
Cinematographer: Christian Berger
I know I've just seen a great film, and I feel that the images and characters and mysterious, dubious story will stay with me a long time... but beyond saying that the black and white cinematography is masterful, and making the vague statement that the film is perfectly woven, I do not feel prepared at this moment to defend my opinion that this is a masterpiece of cinema. I am bewitched by the film and must ponder it and perhaps even see it again before I can feel adequately prepared to tackle an analysis or criticism.
This film satisfied me as a film lover, and whetted my appetite for cinema; it reminded me that I know great cinema when I see it, and need not elevate good films to a great status just because of my desire to have the "great film" experience. More than half my list of 5 star reviews don't deserve to be considered on the same level as this work of cinematic art.
No comments:
Post a Comment