The White Ribbon

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muel t Incredible atmosphere, a feeling of absolute dread. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/12/24 Full Review Leaburn This film was good 👍🏼 Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Thomas M The best international movie ever made! With the best cinematography ever done in a movie! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/26/22 Full Review Wolfgang G Das weiße Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte ist ein Film des Regisseurs Michael Haneke. Ein Film mit einer hoheitsvollen Strenge, die zu Unterdrückung, Demütigung und Unglück führen. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/19/22 Full Review isla s This is a somewhat uncomfortable, or perhaps I should say sobering, watch. It's got quite an arty feel to it and it seems to be about the fears of adults and parents, their children and their reactions to other peoples actions, also more generally repressing things society doesn't deem normal. It's a bit bleak - indeed its in black and white. It's somewhat thoughtful but not a very cheery film, of course. If you like this sort of world cinema then you may enjoy it but otherwise I wouldn't especially recommend it as such, no. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review William L Alternative title: 'Children of the Cabbages'. Think Stephen King meets Ingmar Bergman. The White Ribbon is a film about human evil, told in many forms - cold indifference, a lack of empathy, excessive self-importance at the expense of others, perception, cruelty, and religious vigor to name a few. It doesn't exactly take a stance against these actions, avoiding painting any one character as a bulwark against the tide of hate, which is part of the point - anger begets anger and violence begets violence in a cycle that is essentially unbreakable. The black and white cinematography emphasizes the brutal nature of this fictional village that seems like a sort of hell, just one with a veneer of gentility and manners. The warmer aspects of humanity are deliberately snuffed out on as a matter of social practice, whether because of a priest's piety or a schoolteacher's rigidness. Sharply shot and featuirng some very good performances from its cohort of child actors, The White Ribbon is one of Haneke's more grounded (but not necessarily accessible) films, trading in his traditional fields of estrangement but with a morose, often unnerving atmosphere. But hey, he's bleak because there's often plenty of distressing material when you take a look at human nature. Apparently Christian Berger was nominated for the Oscar for Best Cinematography for this film. Which is odd, because looking at it you'd think Andrew Wyeth had come back from the dead to frame the imagery, but in a motion picture set in Germany for some reason. (4/5) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/10/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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