Sure it's 10/10 but how did Kassovitz get from La Haine to Babylon AD?Uzique wrote:
la haine (the hate) - 10/10.
for anyone that liked un prophete (or any of the other french films here that i have recommended, to a lesser degree)- YOU MUST WATCH THIS FILM. it brings all of the brilliantly poetic french realism to a new level, and takes a deep and introspective look at life outside of the confines of the prison drama. yet this film is also defined by the justice system in france: civil and social justice and injustice as much as the prison system itself. the prison setting of un prophete (and its religious imagery) casts a menacing spectre over the everyday lives of the central characters in la haine, and their struggles in the outer-city banlieues. set around the parisian riots of the 1990's, la haine is a widely-set study of society in the multicultural european 20th century, and the individual's struggle to define oneself within it and to transcend above it.
really if i had to choose a 'must view' top 5 films of all that i have waxed lyrical about on here... this would be one of them.
(starring vincent cassel as the main protagonist, who you will be familiar with as the manipulative ballet instructor from black swan).
Oh and Gothika...
None the less, La Haine is tres bien.