Revanche
Posted by martinteller on January 24, 2009
So I’m trying to see as many of the films nominated in the major Oscar categories as I can. I really want to avoid exoticising the foreign movies, but I can’t shake the feeling that none of the Best Picture nominees will live up to this one. It’s not even that great of a film, it’s just that none of the BP noms look very promising. It is a very good film, though, one that brought to mind Haneke, Inarritu, and mostly Kieslowski. It’s got that combo of interconnectedness and honest exploration of pure humanity that he often dealt with. I didn’t find it as moving or artistic as most Kieslowski films, but it did tell an interesting story that for the most part rings true. That rotating saw is a brilliant device for building tension. The performances all seemed good too, although sometimes that’s hard to judge with another language. Rating: 8
