A very early Haneke that is quite similar to Code Unknown, a collection of incomplete vignettes. Again, here, it's all about scene design, and we can see even in 1994 Haneke was one of the best at it.
The scene with the middle-aged couple eating dinner made me wonder, again, if men and women are actually ever happy living together, or whether it's more about finding ways to tolerate each other for some deeper fulfillment. The film doesn't even attempt to answer this question, which makes me feel a little better not knowing it myself. I'm almost 51, so maybe I'll never know the answer, but scenes like this can only be described as distinctly Haneke. I don't know what he's like in person, but the more of his movies I watch, the more I wonder if the character Antlers Holst from Nope is based on him, or possibly Ingmar Bergman.
Code Unknown is the better of the two films, mostly because of Juliette Binoche, but both are definitely worth watching.
The scene with the middle-aged couple eating dinner made me wonder, again, if men and women are actually ever happy living together, or whether it's more about finding ways to tolerate each other for some deeper fulfillment. The film doesn't even attempt to answer this question, which makes me feel a little better not knowing it myself. I'm almost 51, so maybe I'll never know the answer, but scenes like this can only be described as distinctly Haneke. I don't know what he's like in person, but the more of his movies I watch, the more I wonder if the character Antlers Holst from Nope is based on him, or possibly Ingmar Bergman.
Code Unknown is the better of the two films, mostly because of Juliette Binoche, but both are definitely worth watching.