Der siebente Kontinent (1989)
64KDer siebente Kontinent: Directed by Michael Haneke. With Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel. A European family who plan on escaping to Australia, seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.
“This underapreciated and much unheard film deals with the life of a typical family that takes a dramatic turn in their history.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eScenes cut to black. There is little dialogue. But the scenes create an intense paranoia and huge sense of aprehension as you sit back wondering what is going to happen. Awesome directing technique in creating two different worlds. One that is everyday and normal, the other frightningly disturbing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA hand reaches for a hammer, and chooses a different one. A man in a junk yard drives his car towards his daughter. The sound of a mother gasping for air. A fish tank is destroyed. All these scenes which are so simple (even some of them not seen) and so BRILLIANT that they convey a sense of a anxiety and horror even though there are actions of ordinary people.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI just saw this at a special screening of Austrian director Michael Hanekeu0026#39;s work. They are showing a trilogy of his best work and I canu0026#39;t wait to see u0026quot;Bennyu0026#39;s videou0026quot; and u0026quot;71 Fragments of a chronology of Chanceu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you ever do hear of this film (THe seventh continent) DONu0026#39;T MISS IT you will NEVER see another film like it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRating 8 out of 10.”
