Der 7. Kontinent (1989)

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Directed by Michael Haneke.

Starring Dieter Berner, Udo Samel, Leni Tanzer.

Three members of a middle-class family are followed as their lifestyle slowly disintegrates. Nothing spectacular happens: it's just the dreary un-ending grind of a go-nowhere existence. The film's final scene emulates Fassbinder, as the threesome bid auf wiedersehn to everyone and everything in a gaudy, grotesque manner. It goes without saying that Der 7. Kontinent is not for everyone's taste. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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"This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown”. To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entry.Der Siebente Kontinent (The Seventh Continent)This movie takes one direct line from beginning to end. And it's interesting to me, but I'm almost more interested in other people's reactions to it than to the movie itself.The fact that it is based on a true story makes it a big more intriguing, but mostly I didn't find it to be as shocking as many seem to. Apparently at some of the screenings people were most appalled by the part where money is flushed down the toilet.It's been a few months since I saw it now and it's hard to remember whether the movie was cathartic or depressing. I could connect with how monotonous and autonomous the lives of the characters were, but I think even with what the movie was trying to do, there needed to be at least one moment where we could enjoy life with them before the final downward spiral. Th ... " [More]

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"Funny Games is amazing! Looks like Hanake is remaking it too.The only other one of his movies I've seen is The Seventh Continent which was shocking and caused you to think certainly, but just didn't seem as great to me. " [More]

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"Here’s the dilemma. I have a list of well over three thousand movies I want to see saved on IMDB. I have a subscription to Netflix and recently every time I return a DVD it has been an extremely arduous task to make the decision as to which movie I should see next. In an effort to narrow down my choices and make the process of choosing slightly less overwhelming I have devised a system, almost a bit of a game for me. Here’s how it goes.For my first film selection, I have narrowed the options down to only films that were released in the year 2006. Then after I have watched that movie, my next selection would have to be a film released in 2005. Then I would see a film from 2004, then 2003, etc. The process of deciding is still laborious, but actually quite a bit more exciting. (I'm going by IMDB as my source for release years)I have already been making a list and have also already begun watching the films. I decided this might be a good time to start fooling ... " [More]

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