The White Ribbon

Saw Haneke's film "The White Ribbon" last night and am almost speechless about it. Well to begin with, I have the smallest bladder known to humanity and the fact that we hit up an argo tea before the 2 and a half hour film really didn't help my cause. so i ended up having to use the restroom twice during the movie. that was annoying, and i missed some seemingly vital parts.

the first thing i want to say about this film is that it's absolutely breathtaking. the black and white is really beautifully done and definitely helps to set the time period of the film. a classic haneke convention was not absent from this film: the deliberate and long shots. even though i haven't seen that many haneke films (both versions of "Funny Games" and "Cache") he always very purposefully sets the camera in a position and leaves it there as the action continues to ensue. i love this. it makes the point that as the viewers, we are not always granted every single angle or the best way to view the events occurring. this notion fascinates me.

of course, at the end of the film, i was not left with a feeling of happiness or fulfillment. but that's typical haneke. however this fil

m left me wondering more than the other films of his that i've seen; there just seems to be so much going on in this film and i feel like i missed so much of it. i definitely want to watch this film again and see what i can take away from it the second time around and hopefully my bladder will be in better control.

after the movie, we headed to the Wit and had drinks on the rooftop bar. great view of chicago.