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" Notes: I actually saw this movie in the movie theater when it was released more than 20 years ago, but since it was a while back and since I had it on DVD, I was quite eager to check it out again. Well, even though it is a huge classic, in France but also abroad, to be honest, I always had some mixed feelings about the damned thing. I mean, sure, it is a well made movie with some solid performances and I have to admit that it is really entertaining but, somehow, I always felt that it missed so"
" First Viewing Viewing Date: March 6th Via: Blu-ray Plot: 24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot. Rating: 7.7/10"
"Está filmada en blanco y negro, su fotografía se esfuerza en impresionar al espectador en cada toma.Para ser una película de pandillas y neorrealista tiene una curiosa dirección que crea increíbles escenas cada vez que puede, cada plano es increíble y muy bien ejecutado. También hace referencias a otros clásicos que tal vez pocos lo noten. Sus actuaciones son tan realistas que parecen improvisadas, hicieron todo más natural poniéndoles el nombre de los actores a sus personajes. Es un v"
“Veracious, insightful and nuanced despite its unflinching socioeconomic themes and anti-police stance, "La Haine" is world cinema at its most accessible and felicitous. Transpiring in the aftermath of an urban riot in the suburbs of Paris, the film surveys a day in the lives of three disenfranchised, multicultural men involved in said violent disturbance. Resplendent with technical flourishes, entirely apropos black-and-white cinematography, American influences and references, perhaps employed to enhance the universal comprehensibility and commercial viability of the film. Entirely self-aware and receptive to its audience on a greater scale than most low-budget, thinly-plotted and fast-paced ghetto pics of its ilk, the film nevertheless retains a hard-hitting rawness and a detached, simpli” read more
" Vinz: It's about a society on its way down. And as it falls,it keeps telling itself: "So far so good... So far so good... So far so good." It's not how you fall that matters. It's how you land. "
"June 18th Directed by: Mathieu Kassovitz 2nd Viewing Previous Rating: 3.5 After: 3.5 ^"