I watched the trailer, believed the hype - end result last night at the cinema: Bitterly disappointed, and I wasn't the only one. If you're looking for something anywhere near the genius of the likes of Se7en or Silence of the Lambs then this is absolutely miles off. They were a different level entirely. And, for me, this is nowhere near as good as more modern horrors such as Get Out or Hereditary. Cage does what Cage regularly does - overcooks the part - and he was sadly miscast in my opinion. 6/10. Good luck with the channel and regards from UK.
I attempted to control my expectations going into it by avoiding trailers after one of the very first teasers. Also, I tried to keep my mind quite open and was honestly very engaged. I agree that it was far from a classic serial killer film, it felt less like a detective film which I didn’t mind. However, I agree it wasn’t as scary as say Hereditary or The Witch, it was still deeply unsettling for me. It managed to make me feel that upset feeling of unease throughout. So I enjoyed it. I’m sorry it was a letdown, but thank you for checking out my review :) it is sincerely appreciated!
Great video! Completely agree, and definitely check out lynch when you have a chance. The end of this film is very very very similar to the end of the third season of twin peaks.
I was a fan of this one too. It’s flawed but has some really fascinating ideas. I was a much bigger fan of Bonello’s other films, “House of Pleasure” and “Nocturama”. But this one will stick with me. Also, hate to be this guy, but I believe it is pronounced mick-eye.
Thanks for watching! I need to check out Bonello’s other films. Also, yeah.. I am honestly not sure, I was pronouncing it Mack-ie, but then I looked it up afterward and it appeared to be Mah(muh)-kay, but I am still not 100% certain haha.
I saw La Chimera today and I loved it too! I love Alice Rohrwacher. I think she is one of the best filmmakers working today. Her films have an inspiring uplift to them using magical realism. La Chimera being no exception. I see this film as a commentary are the art vs. commerce debate in the film industry as well.
I feel defensive when people continue to insist this film is "boring." I'm watching people lead their average lives while that fence stands there as a daily reminder of the horrors being inflicted on other people. To me, that created so much tension in and of itself, that I found myself riveted by what we don't see and what we're willing to imagine. I can only guess that people who don't know the Holocaust simply aren't getting it. Those who do know the Holocaust but expect some sort of uplifting ending in which the bad guys get their punishment will also be disappointed. The entire point is to show us what happens to this family that so casually lead their lives while genocide happens literally a step behind their backyard. The ideology that they are the master race lead these people to truly believe they will conquer the world because of their superiority. It's a great film, but it clearly isn't meant to reassure us or entertain us.
I totally understand! It is a riveting film if you can check certain expectations at the door and appreciate what it is trying to do. Thank you so much for watching my video!
The innocent-never heard of that one The holdovers- I thought it was ok. Wasn’t as high as many others. Flower moon-appreciate the film but a little long and westerns are a tough sell for me. A fire-never heard of that one. The killer-wasn’t bad but, didn’t make my top. Beau- I loved this one as well. Theater camp-never saw it. Poor things-loved it. Unfortunately I couldn’t see it until almost Feb as my area didn’t get it till then. Would have made my 2023 list. The boy and the heron-not big on anime Oppenheimer-was a good time Anatomy-definitely well made. Ironclaw-was very good but really depressing for sure. The beasts-never heard of that one. Maestro-I wish I would have enjoyed this one. The eight mountains-never heard of this one either.
The Innocent is a lovely film, I’d recommend it, Afire also was a beautiful German movie. The Beasts is a TAUGHT thriller that I really enjoyed, and The Eight Mountains is a GORGEOUS Italian film that is definitely worth a watch. I also thoroughly enjoyed Beau and Poor Things. It looks like maybe you’ll have to search for a theater that puts on some more international cinema. I have a cinema near me that focuses a lot of independent and international cinema which is mostly where I saw a lot of these. I am not a big anime fan per se, but have you watched any Studio Ghibli films? (Hiyao Miyazaki).
I don’t know if it will be beat as a cinematic experience, at least not in the near future. I saw it 3 times in the cinema (2 of which were IMAX). Thanks again for watching! :)
That’s fair! It doesn’t have to be everyone’s favorite film. I just firmly believe it was so effective in accomplishing what it set out to do, I was into it for sure. Thanks for watching:)
Hey I just had your channel recommended and I subbed. I also review the latest movies on my channel as well. Excellent review and points. I really loved the visuals and sound. The war action was great as well. I wasn’t big on the characters though.
I saw this film yesterday and it's fantastic. I think anyone who loves to think about myths and how thoughts of death weigh on the living (or not), and who love 1970s-80s European cinema, will enjoy this film too. Now I can't wait to watch more films by Rohrwacher!
The soundtrack is the best I have heard with Paris Texas in 1984. We get the picture immediately, and this movie is extremely boring and uninteresting except for the fact it came out at the same time of another Holocaust, the Gaza Holocaust Genocide of Palestinians by the terrorists US & Zionists for geopolitical Oil reason. This movie would have been excellent in a 30 min format.
I watched this and thought this film is well shot i get the reality they are trying to portray from an observers point of view costumes are great but this is 1hr 45mins of nothing practically zero dialog very boring even Hoss's mother inlaw got bored and left
Great review. My grandgrandfather actually died in Auschwitz I, the same place you can see in the movie (as there were also Aushwitz II - Brzezinka and Auschwitz III Monowitz). Ive been to the museum once, during the winter (it’s even more terrifying as the camp is located on the swampy area - so humidity makes you feel even colder) . Watched it in cinema and found it really disturbing and I agree with your review. I watched the movie with my mom and we both agree one thing that could be added is if the cinemas could also reproduce the smell. I’ve read a lot books about camps and holocaust, and the smell is almost always mentioned. And the final scene - it left me with many question. But the main one was if we should left the camp is it is, clean it the way Hoess would like us to do? Isn’t it a horrid monument of his “work”? I don’t really know the answer, I guess there is no good solution. Great and very important movie. If you ever had a chance then see a movie called “Idi and smatri” - “Come and see” by E. Klimow. I believe this movie, together with “The zone of interest” should be shown to teenagers, to show them what’s war, as I feel in our world, thanks to games, movies, and social media we tend to normalise it and even create a feeling that it’s something special, heroic, but war is just death and suffering.
Thank you so much for watching! I really need to see Come and See, I have a lot of blind spots in my cinema history, but I most certainly will. I think many films should be shown in High School that maybe aren’t.
I fully understand the point of this film. With that said...it was boring. I almost fell asleep. Sure...thought provoking, artistically shot, decent acting, etc. There were some strange scenes. Some strange music, The opening music and title shot took so long to pass that I thought my computer was on -2.0x speed or something. Would not watch this one again.
I have an inkling to see this but I saw the director’s other film “Happy as Lazzaro” and was really not a fan. I may give this one a watch only because the reviews have been so great.
I watched it last night with air pods on because I wanted to appreciate the immaculate sound design the filmmakers created. I was blown away. I can fully understand why they won the Oscar for best sound and for best international film. The film is horrifying but it is so important to watch. People who call it boring are not paying attention and are expecting something that this film is not designed to deliver. I believe this film is as important as Schindler’s List, because it is so powerful and makes a significant impact on the audience.
Have not seen it...yet. But I promised myself to watch every movie or series with Josh o' Connor in it. I find him a fascinating actor. Movie sounds real good, so thank you for this, when it is in my country's theaters I will most definitely see it!
Thank you and bravo for an excellent review that reflects EVERYTHING I experienced watching this phenomenal film. It shows a horrifying and very real aspect of the Holocaust (or any dehumanization of the "other" and the "enemy") that is often eclipsed by action and plot-driven Holocaust films. I, too, felt extremely anxious and uncomfortable during the film because it was SO effective in seducing me into the fantasy-like life of the Höss family. I began to feel, even as a viewer, complicit to the known but unseen horrors that were happening on the other side of the wall. The film's sound effects are truly a chilling enhancement to its visual and psychological aspects.
Thank you so much for watching my reviews! I sincerely appreciate it :) The Zone of Interest is a great film, and I’m glad it won for best sound at the Oscars.
THE ZONE OF INTEREST movie. Here are my thoughts after just watching "The Zone of Interest" and coming home. I had heard about the movie and watched many reviews. I had even heard about what the director said and felt he just demonized Jews while making a movie about the Holocaust and thus proves he is an ignorant fool. But I figured I must see this movie as it isn't maybe even about the family and more about the culture. So I went to see it. I was pleasantly surprised for the following points: 1) The father is damned. How? He stands to process the Jews from the train and thus is doing the work on the days that matter for a death camp called Bergen-Belsen & the general concentration camp of Auschwitz. They don't show it, but then the reason must be that they want to show you the idea of not damning him. You saw nothing. The director tipping his hat to his hate, so to speak. 2) The wife is damned. How? She finds a diamond in toothpaste and wants more. Why? Because in the processing there is very little the workers are allowed to take from the Nazi state as all is categorized and documented. Stealing from the Nazi state a diamond is her crime. She wants to do it more as taking toothpaste will not be cared about with the Nazi state and she knows the diamonds are untraceable anyway unless documented by being found by the workers in the camp. 3) The mother-in-law is damned. How? She realizes a woman is suffering (a Jew) who out bid her in an auction and is not worried about her. She shows no caring for her or any of them (Jews). What she hates is the burning of human flesh, the noise, and the proximity of it all to her personally. She never voices a concern for her grandchildren and their safety or upbringing. These are the three main characters and they all are damned. They are Nazis; they should be damned. Do all people who view this movie get this message? No. Some may think only of how they existed in a moment and chose and performed based on the stimuli that affected them. Of course they did. Don't we all? What is the lesson of the holocaust? Let us look at facts in regards to Triblinka and learn the lesson of the holocaust. In 16 months, 68 Germans with the help of 360 Jews slew over 600,000 Jews. The field had some evidence of buildings having been there. Nothing would have been known of the facts of Triblinka had not the Nazi state kept meticulous records of their accomplishments. What is the value of this movie? It does not show anything that would damn them. You only hear of the suffering and killing and know this man is in charge of all of it enough to be promoted to improving efficiency in all Nazi death camps and concentration camps throughout all of Europe and efficient enough to be brought back to the largest and most famous death camp and concentration camp in the history of the whole world: the death camp called Bergen-Belsen & the general concentration camp of Auschwitz. History records that the Nazis in trials after WWII and over the radio in South America while still free abroad after WWII stated aloud "Six (6) million was not enough." This is significant. It means the Nazis did not care about the fourteen (14) million killed in the holocaust. Why should Nazis care about slaying Poles, gypsies, and dissidents in Europe against the Nazi state? The HONOR and the GLORY of the Nazi mindset was in killing the people of Yahweh in large numbers. Americans today are now being asked in universities throughout our great land and through the speeches of the Democratic politicians within the Senate and Congress whether they will be antisemetic or if they support Israel. I find it absolutely amazing that the impetious for this question was Palestinians beheading Jewish chidlren, burning alive Jewish mothers, and the fucking of Jewish minors in cars as they drove them to Gaza Strip. It is abhorrent and explains why Yahweh's Holy Bible states upon Palestine being whole it melts in Isaiah 14:28-31 which is a time when Anti-Christ is identified for the whole world to know and this text states "None shall break rank" meaning Anti-Christ will melt inside Palestine whole not long after it is made whole per the text. Yahweh then declares in the Holy Bible He will destroy all nations off the face of the Earth for all nations will have been against Israel per Zechariah 12:3 and Zechariah 12:9. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7jd48jTsZYI.html
