Happy End

I don’t think Haneke is recycling material. He’s merely refining his seething misthanropy down to the finest grain to the point where he doesn’t even need to explicitly show what he has in his previous films in order for you to feel how fucked up the themes he broaches are. Also, part of me thinks the dry, rather quiet unfurling of this film is intentional — it would be a cliché and rather predictable to tackle the excessivity of modern society with excessivity, no? To everyone who reviewed this film poorly, Haneke has you eating out of the palm of his hand — he’s crafted something so genius that doesn’t appease you with exhibition or grim displays, but rather rips a hole in your fucking psyche that makes you downright uncomfortable and those who can’t handle that are the ones who are going MEH 2/5 HE’S DONE IT ALL BEFORE. Now time for my gushing over this film. jesus fucking christ. what a fantastic punch in the face. I don’t agree with the opinion that this isn’t one of haneke’s best. absolutely stellar and beyond depraved in the most subtle of ways — one of his viscious techniques. from the beginning of his career up to now, every single time he’s managed to create a shockingly accurate, timely commentary on the negative and repugnant psychological aspects of human nature and society that doesn’t hit you until you’ve finished viewing the film and when it does, every single time you are completely overcome by how perfect he’s done it. and let me tell you he’s fucking done it again