reranking this bc after learning more about the Algerian revolution, this in fact is a BANGER

reranking this bc after learning more about the Algerian revolution, this in fact is a BANGER

it had me hooked the whole time and i do think a film that can do that deserves it’s flowers. i respect the way this was shot, the acting was great. that being said, not knowing the subtext of French and Algerian relations made this hard to understand the overall meaning and really appreciate the plot. There is a lot of symbolism here though, and this is a movie that can get me to look into it enough to learn something new.

watched with @adele @sarahbeckhaus andrea

it had me hooked the whole time and i do think a film that can do that deserves it’s flowers. i respect the way this was shot, the acting was great. that being said, not knowing the subtext of French and Algerian relations made this hard to understand the overall meaning and really appreciate the plot. There is a lot of symbolism here though, and this is a movie that can get me to look into it enough to learn something new.

watched with @adele @sarahbeckhaus andrea

Haneke is insane. A pure genius.
Together with Kubrick , he’s the one who really gets under my skin. The way he films guilt, shame, paranoia—it’s like something crawling inside your veins, burning slow.
I knew what kind of director he was, but not like this.

No spoilers, but if you’ve seen the Swiss knife scene, you know.
I swear I’ve never had such a physical reaction to a film. I felt hot, dizzy, sick. My heart was racing, my hands shaking. I had to take off layers of clothes just to breathe. My jaw literally dropped and stayed open for ten minutes straight. It’s one of the most brutal, silent, real moments I’ve ever seen on screen.

And even before that—Majid.
That character… the tension around him is unbearable. You can feel the guilt and fear pressing down, like the whole film is suffocating. You’re stuck inside the eyes of a man being watched, judged—by who, you don’t know. That’s what makes Caché so powerful.

Every silence screams. Every glance burns.
And beneath it all—racism, memory, repression, the buried shame of a country and a man who chose to forget.
Haneke is a genius.

He shows violence in its rawest form—no music, no cuts, no comfort. Just truth.
Ugly, naked, unforgettable truth.
Wow.
Just… wow.

Haneke is insane. A pure genius.
Together with Kubrick , he’s the one who really gets under my skin. The way he films guilt, shame, paranoia—it’s like something crawling inside your veins, burning slow.
I knew what kind of director he was, but not like this.

No spoilers, but if you’ve seen the Swiss knife scene, you know.
I swear I’ve never had such a physical reaction to a film. I felt hot, dizzy, sick. My heart was racing, my hands shaking. I had to take off layers of clothes just to breathe. My jaw literally dropped and stayed open for ten minutes straight. It’s one of the most brutal, silent, real moments I’ve ever seen on screen.

And even before that—Majid.
That character… the tension around him is unbearable. You can feel the guilt and fear pressing down, like the whole film is suffocating. You’re stuck inside the eyes of a man being watched, judged—by who, you don’t know. That’s what makes Caché so powerful.

Every silence screams. Every glance burns.
And beneath it all—racism, memory, repression, the buried shame of a country and a man who chose to forget.
Haneke is a genius.

He shows violence in its rawest form—no music, no cuts, no comfort. Just truth.
Ugly, naked, unforgettable truth.
Wow.
Just… wow.

[85]

There is a scene in the middle of this film where two characters are talking with a news segment about Palestine playing in the background and no one’s talking about how significant it is.

National guilt and the ignorance of the colonizer, Michael Hanake really gave us a puzzling film to digest.
Yea he kind of rips.**
**

[85]

There is a scene in the middle of this film where two characters are talking with a news segment about Palestine playing in the background and no one’s talking about how significant it is.

National guilt and the ignorance of the colonizer, Michael Hanake really gave us a puzzling film to digest.
Yea he kind of rips.**
**

Free majid 😔

Free majid 😔