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Saw this last night. I am hoping to see A Prophet as well pretty soon.
It plays like a novel. It is in black and white and the director stays very much out of the way. Lots of shots with static cameras. One scene is of a hallway where a boy goes into a room and shuts the door on the camera and then comes back out to get something and then goes back into the room.
We have a small town in Austria shortly before the onset of WWI where some nasty accidents start befalling people. The film plays a bit like an Egoyen film in that there is not big overarching plot or story line, rather the story unfolds in front of you where we learn more and more about the character of the people and then it is more like a David Lynch movie where we see the rotting underbelly that belies society. The pleasure is in the ride and it is not a comfortable one.
It is not a movie I would want to see again not unlike Salo (although nothing near as graphic -- but in its own way similarly sick) but I am glad I saw it and I will remember it. Recommended -- However, I don't see that the experience in a movie theater would be any better than seeing it on dvd.
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