The Seventh Continent

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david l The Seventh Continent is impressive in its artistic merits and the third act that is full of incredible imagery and the atmosphere of utter chaos and despair. Already in his debut, Haneke established his filmmaking style very well, but this movie remains way too nihilist and depressing in its note. It's also one-note from start to finish. Just like all of his movies, you have to really be in the mood to appreciate them. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member No idea why Rotten Tomatoes have no official entry for Haneke's superlative feature debut, so I've had to place it here. As with all of Haneke's work the scenario here is cool, elliptical and creeps up on the viewer with few signposts. In particular, there is very little indication in the first half of what is to unfold in the second. Here is a young family living the kind of life so many of us do: materially comfortable, slightly sterile and certainly repetitive. So the climax when it comes is all the more sad and disturbing. Haneke's films are everything Hollywood is not: bracing, intelligent and confrontational. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member For years, The Seventh Continent has been a special film for me. The most chilling of horrors, one which has affected me like no other film. Talking to others about this is usually met with indifference. Expertly directed, offering a little glimpse of family life, and the more that is shown, the more we realise that the family is not quite right. As the film ratchets up the tension we know something terrible will happen, and by the time the film reaches its climax, you're tortured beyond belief. The film makes you invest without relying on schmaltz and false sentiment, it makes you think and form me it really made me think. Such a great piece of cinema. The first of Haneke's glaciation trilogy, concentrating on European middle-class alienation and probably the best of the three. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Haneke basically tortures the viewer to the point of almost unbearable, first focusing his film (based on real life events) on the dull, bureaucratic and apathetic routine of a modern family and then moving to the excruciatingly detailed, step-by-step preparation of a horrific incident. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review andrey k Enigmatic and harsh as are all Haneke's movies. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review simon d An early film from Michael Haneke, Austria's best director. This was an eerie story of the mundane and a family who refuse to accept it. It is suggested that this may be a true story but who knows. Another good twisted Austrian film. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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