*Possible spoilers* The film that the 'Third Wave' experiment deserved. One could suspect Haneke of hating his own audience, seeing as he's so fond of uncomfortable scenes, and so unwilling to bring any sort of closure to his films. It works wonders here. This whodunnit echoes modernist masterpieces such as 'Blowup', with a touch of 'Children of the Corn'. The switch from detective story to an account of the rise of Nazi Germany is gruesomely effective, as one realizes that 'No one' did it.
Even with two and a half hours at his disposal, Michael Haneke still manages to cling to a bottom-line message and avoid all substance. The White Ribbon is a master-class on how to write an unresolved mystery that's somehow blunt and on-the-nose.
Think Children of the Damned, Children of the Corn, Children of Men. Think childishly in order to believe that Haneke's ripoffs of Carl Dreyer atmosphere and Ingmar Bergman sexual hysteria are at all original.
Filmed in black and white this film gives you the feeling that bad things are going to happen right from the start....and they do. Dark and sinister it puts you on edge and keeps you there wondering what is next. An excellent film if you're in the right mood for it.
I have the feeling that "The White Ribbon" is a love it or hate it experience. I firmly fell on the side of 'love it'! There is no doubt watching this film is a commitment, & a grueling one at that! It will either grab you within the first 10 minutes, or you will spend 2 & a bit hours desperate for it to end. Understated but disturbing this is a beautiful, haunting, brilliantly performed movie. Its open-endedness will leave some feeling robbed & others just with intriguing questions.
A grueling task to watch. Its message is dated and I also must be a cynic as I didn't feel any emotion towards the characters. Had some nice shots to its credit.
This is perfect piece of art, but also a way how to get 100 years back in time for 2 hours - the movie was realistic in each detail. But it is also very depressive - not for people like me who prefer to relax with a movie. BTW. the genres are not correct in movie description - the war and mystery are not important in this movie.
Absolutely handsdown the best Michael Haneke movie. Powerful performances and an equally fascinating story made this an amazing film. Please don't miss this--haunting, with a brilliant ending. VERY highly recommended!
Haneke at his most austere (which by his standards is saying quite a lot). Atmospheric but rather bloodless, and as is often the case with Haneke the subtext is a bit overwrought (yes, we get it, the kids grow up to be Nazis). Feels a bit like his homage to Bergman and/or Dreyer, which for me doesn't help matters either. Beautifully shot, though.
Watching these people I could not fathom that they were actors. The scenes are very real and engrossing, the cinematography startlingly beautiful and the story both delicate and powerful. A slice from a world we have left behind, but are still drawn to.
Well made, in a fairly conventional Euro arthouse manner. But despite a few good scenes it didn't really amount to much other than a pile of bleakness and unpleasantness, and it beats me what Haneke thought he was saying about the rise of fascism in Germany. Don't abuse your kids or they might become Nazis?
Similarly frustratingly ambiguous as Haneke's previous Cache, but less specific and more satisfying. This is a gorgeously and hauntingly shot prologue to World War I and II, which pits children as the ultimate victims, but perhaps also as the perpetrators. So cruel and mean, it's funny.
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