It's the 12 Days of Xmas! Twelve movies (or shows) that I think are interesting examples of their genres, have unique ideas, or are, in some other way, worth talking about. Day 8: La Haine (1996)
@@andrewlawless9796 likely not that he didn’t enjoy other movies, but that he did not go to see any other ones. At least at my old highschool they didn’t show any french movies while the spanish classes watched several
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This movie is so. Good. Loved that you mentioned the suffocating feeling. That’s what this movie feels like: a steadily-escalating rollercoaster, until it drops out from below you in the last minute. Jus’qui-ci tous vas bien
I'd really like to see Georg cover Pusher 2. Also a grimey, nuance filled foreign movie about a hooligan, and one of the best movies I've seen in a decade.
Hiptang is a sub-division of Shintalo Inc. which is another name for Umbrella Corp really. Regarding La Haine people say in the comments that they had to see it during their french class. As a french, the film wasn't required viewing in class but we went to see it in a movie theater and it was really a punch in the face. Especially when you're a kid, that film was memorable to say the least. It also was a remarkable turning point in the media, as it made obvious that at that point urban decay was real in France and it still is.
As a french person, i really am proud of our movies. And La Haine is a masterpiece i am attached to so i am glad to hear foreigners talk about it. French cinema is another world compared to Hollywood and i hope people get to discover it, discover us - not through the lenses of romanticized stories but brutally sincere tales.
Totally agree. There is something about the French sensibility in their films that achieves something much more philosophical than Hollywood. I sometimes wonder if Hollywood even wants to think.
A level French students unite! I think this film might be my most viewed ever just because deep analysis of why Vinz pointed the gun in a certain direction or why Saïd kept telling that story that went nowhere etc. was literally on our curriculum. Smashing film, anyway. And sadly still very relevant. P.S. it’s pronounced “la en”.
Why does he point it at the mirror? I thought it was a reference to, "Taxi Driver" and his wish to emulate that kind of vigilantism in a society which he despairs. Does anyone *actually* understand the Grumwalski scene?
Actually you just need to say the letter "N" la N, your N is what is needed. But no unfortunately it is really not relevant. I've been living outside of paris for 30 years and I have never heard of skinheads roaming the streets to attack arabs and blacks, actually it's the exact opposite and everybody here knows it. Police violence was an actual thing during the yellow vests when thousands of people lost hands or eyes or whatever, but the equivalent would NEVER happen in the "suburbs" 😂. Every time some idiot over there dies in a motorcycle crash during a rodeo with the cops, we can't hear the end of it on tv and twitter, and the president has to make a speech and apologize. La haine in itself was a very good movie with dubious political motives ( create interethnic tensions sort of like the BLM thing today, which Kassovitz is very aware of ) so I sort of understand why this is being blasted to french students abroad.
@@alainportant6412 My understanding is Kassovitz saw an injustice, he saw a young man butchered by the police, and wrote this most compelling film. It's a rather dubious thing to say that, 'it's exactly the opposite and everyone knows it' concerning racial abuse. The point of the film was not a fight between races, it's a conflict between the classes. If it was purely a matter of race, then you would have to find some convoluted way to explain the art exhibition scene, and why Vinz is discriminated against by complete strangers. It's a film about injustice, about class. The role of race in the film is obviously perceptible and important, but it's not the primary point. If it were, why then would the film end with Vinz being slaughtered?
ah… what a blast from the past! i think i saw this in high school. anyway, the breakdance and dj scenes rly resonated with me in the sense that it felt… universal, or at least shared to an extent in regards to my neck of the woods at the time. also introduced me to Edith Piaf and MC Solaar. of the latter, his song le Nouveau Western felt like another sentiment my cohorts identified with - outsiders(outlanders?) having to travel within, constantly pushing against a sort of institutionalized siege mentality that wanted to own and direct you. heh need to go pour myself a drink. cheers.
It’s a good movie. I briefly lived in the Banlieue in the Paris ghetto, where this was shot. We think the USA got it bad, but I suggest Americans to go live in the Banlieue for 24 hours, and they will appreciate their country and economy again.
Back in the day my friends and I were watching all of the gangster movies we could find. Menace, Boyz, you name it. I was not prepared for La Haine, it was a real eye opener... I have to re-watch it now, I don't remember much. Thanks!
I had no idea this was used in french classes abroad 😂 That movie had a great influence on the kids over here, a lot of music, attitudes and of course drug habits from that movie were still very popular when I was in secondary school in the 2005's or whatever and I have no reasons to doubt this has changed. Although the movie is sort of violent, the situation in these suburbs was still tenable in 1996. Even in the early 2000's we didn't see the kind of violence that we have today. These people have become more and more stupid and aggressive, that reflects in todays rap and in the number of crimes. Also take into consideration that after the attacks of Nice (2016) and Paris (2015) , people started looking quite differently these once "glamorized" suburbs and their inhabitants.
Dear George, if you're reading this, please review Un Prophète (A Prophet). It's a marvelous piece of work that more people should know about and I for one would like to hear your take on it.
@@chenzenzo Irreversible is the only film, aside from "First Knight", that I gave up on part way through. The knowledge that whatever happened in the latter half of Irreversible was supposed to vindicate the activity in the first part of the film, was enough to put me off. 👍👍
@@euansmith3699 I had to look away, even though I knew it wasn't real. I've gone back and watched it but it's so messed up that I feel bad for witnessing something I can do nothing about. I should check out some interviews with the filmmakers and see what their aim was with it all.
I loved this film. Though when you said "the city of love" I half-hoped you had watched Marquis (1989) on my recommendation and fallen it love with it in all its talking penis'd lobster ass thrusting glory
i just remembered Die Bleierne Zeit, also known as Marianne und Juliane. female director and lead roles. starring Barbara Sukowa. follow her career to see some great work.
La Haine had a re release not too long ago. It still looks great. Not to mention the fact it was part of a wave of new French pop culture which included everything from hip hop to Parkor. I remember being in Paris in 2007 and my female companion, who had lived in Paris, pointed out a young Algerian kid getting hassled by the police in the subway, seemingly for just being darker skinned!
If you’re French, yes. But in the English speaking world where we’re not trying to sound all fancy pants, we’re gonna slap that big fat H right back in there
let me guess...you were walking along a fishing pier while typing this comment and you were so engrossed, you failed to notice that you were coming to the end and before you were able to finish, you fell off the pier and into the water??!
