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Originally Posted by Juanpa654
That sounds great. ¿Are you a reviewer?
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LOL I wish I was but sadly not.
Finally saw Benny's Video (1992) by Austrian director Michael Haneke (Funny Games, Hidden, The Piano Teacher). Luckily I knew nothing about the film before I saw it. Had I known about it there's no way I would have watched it. I'm really in a huge dilemma with this film. It starts with a video of animal slaughter which I abhor with all my heart BUT I didn't switch it off there and then instead watched the rest of it basically because I know I will encounter similar scenes by accident in the future (maybe I should try to desensitize myself). It turns out that this is extremely important to the plot and character development. I just despise such manipulative tactics like this. However the film is very well done, bleak, stark, genuinely upsetting and very effective in the points it makes. Bottom line is I will never watch this film again nor recommend it to anyone because of that scene (which is repeated again later in the film) but that is my personal choice and view, I completely understand how this film could be very well liked, even enjoyed by some regardless of that scene. Challenging stuff.