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DIE GSTETTENSAGA: The Rise of Echsenfriedl [a postapocalyptic TV movie by Johannes Grenzfurthner 2014]
I recently had the rare satisfaction to watch a preview of a steaming fresh postapocalyptic feature film + a directorial debut, that premiered on Austria’s ORF in March this year. What I was asking myself this time was to try and appreciate an entirely different kind of algorithmic force that was once again set loose…
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Hundstage (2001)
You should enjoy this movie if you’re a Haneke fan and it’s not only the Austrian cultural background, it’s the recurring themes of fear, violence and the consumerist neurosis that are in play. The film follows six interwoven stories set in Vienna over the course of a summer weekend, in an suburban grey and…