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Film Discussion => The Vault => Topic started by: wilder on November 25, 2011, 03:39:25 AM

Title: Michael
Post by: wilder on November 25, 2011, 03:39:25 AM
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Michael describes 10-year-old Wolfgang and the 35-year-old Michael's involuntary life together.

Written and Directed by Markus Schleinzer
Trailer (http://youtu.be/sXe35bV8Owg)
IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1906426/)

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Title: Re: Michael
Post by: 72teeth on November 25, 2011, 03:09:34 PM
QuoteEDITED OUT SPOILER  - Spoiler Police

Spoiler?
Title: Re: Michael
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on November 25, 2011, 05:58:32 PM
Umm, alright, I edited it out, but you can re-edit your post to whatever you want. For all I know, that plot point is not an important part of the movie.

About the spoiler tagging feature... yeah, it doesn't really work. We've gone into the permissions and given all members permission to view AND create spoiler tags. I double checked just now. It's just bugged, I guess.
Title: Re: Michael
Post by: wilder on April 25, 2012, 10:02:44 AM
UK Blu-ray (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Michael-Blu-ray/dp/B007WR332Q?SubscriptionId=AKIAIY4YSQJMFDJATNBA&tag=bluraycom-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B007WR332Q&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE) from Artificial Eye on May 28, 2012

US DVD (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0077ERLCC/dvdaficionado) from Strand Releasing on May 12, 2012
Title: Re: Michael
Post by: wilder on June 12, 2012, 06:34:23 AM
One of the best movies I've seen in a couple years. It's on Netflix instant right now.
Title: Re: Michael
Post by: chere mill on June 12, 2012, 07:08:05 PM
not one of the best films i've seen in a couple years, but it's very good. quite reminiscent of michael haneke in visual style, pacing, and tone. it succeeds in analysing extreme subject matter without falling into exploitation, at least until...

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the ending is a misstep. the filmmaker takes the easy way out of this difficult, uncompromising material and...well, compromises. the car crash is a cheap device to pass judgement from the filmmaker onto his subject, and perhaps as a way to give the audience what they really want. the monster is dead, the horror is over, and we can feel better knowing michael's ultimate demise was just around the corner. it's the only simple-minded segment of an otherwise strong piece of work which makes the overall, final film a bit disappointing. situations this troubling and difficult can not be solved by a simple car crash.


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otherwise, highly recommended.