In Reply to: "The Seventh Continent:" if there is a director alive making creepier films, posted by tinear on December 2, 2008 at 18:52:55:
Benny's Video. A devastating examination of emotional detachment. Not a trace of irony. This one with a quiet, highly surprising denouement.I sat for two hours with my heart thumping doubletime in my throat.
Haneke is among the best.
For creepier watch Gaspar Noe. His "I Stand Alone" is perverse but worthy. For the tough-minded only. A bit of a different butcher than Chabrol's.
Edits: 12/03/08
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- Also see.... - afilado 20:26:28 12/03/08 (9)
- "I Stand Alone" seemed to me to be more about - tinear 08:09:46 12/04/08 (6)
- I take Noe's work seriously.... - afilado 09:39:40 12/04/08 (5)
- I can appreciate your admiration of his work, - tinear 12:01:25 12/04/08 (4)
- I didn't say I admired his work... - afilado 14:53:57 12/04/08 (3)
- I think you hit upon it. Haneke appears to try, in his editing, - tinear 15:39:51 12/04/08 (2)
- Real people do real violence ...... - afilado 17:31:07 12/04/08 (1)
- If Hirst were Noe he'd throw people into the live shark's aquarium and THEN - tinear 22:41:02 12/04/08 (0)
- I shudder to remember I Stand Alone - PhilJ 05:56:37 12/04/08 (1)
- Yes, Phil...... - afilado 08:42:06 12/04/08 (0)