Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys (Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages) (2000)

“(Mu) Strong in despite of being systematic experimental: secuence shots of some infinished stories, or resumed stories, some of them are a of a filming...Binoche is excellent in difficult scenes, as the one in the metro...” read more

French Cinema Watched (72 movies items)

"Dir. Michael Haneke (Austria)"

Elokuvapäiväkirja 2017 (315 movies items)

"5.1. Onko tämä nyt sitä kuuluisaa tekotaidetta? Haneke on itselleni sellainen kaksipiippuinen haulikko, joka joko laukoo mestariteoksen tai tällaisen yhdentekevän tuokion elämästä. Kamera-ajot ovat toki komeaa seurattavaa, mutta torstai-iltana tylsistyminen on taattua työviikon jälkeen. Lisäksi future filmin Håkan ei ollut osannut malin ja jotain serbikroatian kieltä, jonka takia näitä dialogipätkiä ei ollut suomennettu. Tästä johtuen useampi pätkä tarinasta meni ohi. Kiito"

An average movie

“In fact, I have actually seen this movie in the movie theater when it was released and I should probably re-watch it at some point. Indeed, after being completely blown away by ‘Funny Games’, I was really eager to see Michael Haneke’s following directing effort, especially since he was working for the first time in France. On top of that, he was working with Juliette Binoche, easily one of the best French actresses so I had some really high expectations concerning the damned thing. However, this movie turned out to be rather disappointing. I don’t know, maybe I was too young at the time to really appreciate it but, in my opinion, the whole thing was just too murky, at least for me. I mean, sure, it was still not bad at all but I really had a hard time to connect with the characters” read more