The Seventh Continent was quite something as a first film
― Dan S, Saturday, 2 April 2022 01:18 (two years ago) link
One of those directors some of whose work I hate (Benny's Video) and love (71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance, but I haven't seen a lot of his biggest films yet.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 2 April 2022 01:28 (two years ago) link
Agreed. Stuff I hate (Benny's Video; Funny Games), stuff I love (Code Unknown; Cache; probably Time of the Wolf on re-watch), and really big ones I still haven't seen yet (The Piano Teacher; The White Ribbon).
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Saturday, 2 April 2022 02:22 (two years ago) link
No-one's yet explained to me why I should see Funny Games, a film apparently meant to implicate the viewer in the violence of spectatorship etc. etc. OK, I won't watch it and Haneke and I can both win.
I'm now disappointed to discover that the only scene with any energy in Benny's Video is actually a clip from Toxic Avenger.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 2 April 2022 02:45 (two years ago) link