I've only watched about 10 minutes, and already I know this is beyond any reviews I've seen. Glazer is a fantastic Kubrickian director (he's a big fan). As you watch the scenes begin and unfold, you are watching human beings with a very high level of tension because they are quite aware of where they are and what's on the other side of the walls. It's not just the subtle "background sounds." They KNOW! And they go about their daily routines anyway. It's why they are so rigid in their supposedly innocent "routines." The contrast between their knowing complicity and their day to day "routines" spells out what fascism is very much about. This is an amazing and great work of art. Glazer had some artistic "doubts," but I think he did it right.
The cinematographic compositions. The lighting, the editing are just superb. The subtlety, the finesse, it just knocks me out. This is a work unlike any other, 10 stars are not enough.
There's a symbolic doggie, I think, and maybe the same for a crying baby.
I thought maybe the Holocaust context would be only hinted, but is actually very explicit.
The cinematographic compositions. The lighting, the editing are just superb. The subtlety, the finesse, it just knocks me out. This is a work unlike any other, 10 stars are not enough.
There's a symbolic doggie, I think, and maybe the same for a crying baby.
I thought maybe the Holocaust context would be only hinted, but is actually very explicit.