The cinematography is really good. Some things bugged me, though - like, did we need that scene with the job interview? Felt almost bizarrely heavy-handed. And it's not a good sign that it feels too long at 1 hour and 17 minutes. The structure just doesn't work I think - specifically the sudden shift to bearded dude alone. And the ending, I dunno. I'm torn. Very nice-looking, but it has a sort of student-filmy vibe apart from that. Not sure it's off-putting in the way I imagine it wants to be.

"Denis Villeneuve's unnerving abstraction of the subject matter daringly relays his view of the human cost of gender warfare." - Ed Gonzalez

With the elegiac Polytechnique, Villeneuve ably forges great art out of great horror, dramatizing the Montreal Massacre into a work of genius but grueling sagacity. Crafting this post-Elephant triumph out of attention not just to the grim socio-political realities of hate-fueled violence but to the simultaneous positives and negatives of human existence, Villeneuve works astounding compassion into a runtime that races by but leaves a resounding impact. A work of revelatory finesse and wisdom.

29 ekim 09. & katliami yapan kisiye anlayisla yaklasabiliyorsunuz. bunun disinda gereksiz kamera acilari var. ritim ve teknik olarak minimalizme ve noir-filme goz kirpan fakat ikisi de olamayan bir film.

Chilling, sober, frightening. The black and white mixed with the minimalistic music creates an unnerving mood. A bit 'arty' sometimes, but not distractingly so.

"We share your pain" film.

Cool Black & White cinematography.

This film shows the "Montreal Massacre" that resulted in the death of fourteen female students in 1989. It is a serious film, and a disturbing one, filmed in black and white in both French and English versions. This is not a passionate film, at least on the surface, but it is an empathetic one. The points the director makes about misogyny and gender relations are implicit in the facts. They remain in memory, and they create profound unease.