Das Schloß

Right up Haneke's alley, and as good an adaptation as Welles' of "The Trial". I was surprised to see critics ragging on this for not being "funny" enough, played too straight, when that's what makes Kafka so affecting. That particular, skin-crawling Absurdist humor only comes out when the overwhelming incomprehension is real and threatening; it's reactive. Haneke works to that end ably, here.

A very promising and funny start turns into a failure. You know it's coming when the twins arrive. Twins aren't funny, ever. The tension and comedy snaps when K. and the rest of the characters start to behave like a lunatics. Most of this let down is related to the Frida storyline. It loses every connection to the real world. It picks up the interesting absurd vibe when he finds the man in bed but it's too late, the viewer is already alienated by pure, pure boredom

The issue at stake is not just the enervating and absurd character of bureaucracy, but the problem of being before a door that never opens, not just of the law but of desire, and where, even though what one believes one wants seems to be right there, somehow every decision ends up sending it back towards a horizon one can never approach, the consequence being a loss of sleep, and therefore dreams, that is bound to end up as fatally entropic. The actor playing K. is about a decade too old. - Full Review

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Like usual Kafka is misunderstood

I don't know what's up with this haneke fellow but he sucks!!!

A well-executed adaptation that remains faithful to the spirit of the book. Almost every scene plays out visually as it did in my head and the pacing is just right.

that's the book alright

When Haneke makes a solid adaptation of an unfinished story all about futility, aimlessness, and alienation, written by one of the top writers of a literary school whose mythological symbol is a dude carrying a boulder up a hill over and over for eternity, and people -including many Haneke fans- complain that the movie is frustrating, aimless, and tedious. Well, GOOD! The pointlessness is the point. The ultimate solution to the absurd is "Acceptance of the Absurd".