A positive nighttime TV surprise

Skybird · 10-17-08, 07:45 PM

What a wonderfully subversive, devious nasty little movie I have just seen in the night program!

I expected nothing, but then enjoyed to get lulled by the calm directing and the non-spectacular but solid presentation of the story, the nice pictures, the sure hand in creating the overall style, all that was very well done for a low-budget movie, the suspense was not thrilling, but that is okay since the movie did not wish to be a screaming FX-thriller anyway. you know that there is something suspicious going on, but you feel dull - but when an old lady thanks the community at a village festival suddenly, and one second later falls down one meter and breaks her neck and hangs with a smile on her face, then this is something that catches your attention. the unfolding of the explanation for this is a perverting of logic that is so circular that it already is consistent again and makes a diabolic sense in itself.

But having checked the feedback at movie websites and amazon, it seems not many of the audience have realised what a bitter and sarcastic social criticsm of the anonymous pressure of groups and their circular self-justification this movie is.

"Population 436" - calm story telling, relaxing pictures of a fake idyll, a wonderful landscape and a divious point that reveals quite something about our social reality.

Recommended!

baggygreen · 10-19-08, 05:58 PM

I stumbled across this flick a while ago on pay tv. Sucked me in pretty quickly too! I remember getting annoyed at myself, because I thought it was poorly made (compared to my normal movie fare) but I just couldn't drag myself away

10-17-08, 07:45 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	A positive nighttime TV surprise What a wonderfully subversive, devious nasty little movie I have just seen in the night program! I expected nothing, but then enjoyed to get lulled by the calm directing and the non-spectacular but solid presentation of the story, the nice pictures, the sure hand in creating the overall style, all that was very well done for a low-budget movie, the suspense was not thrilling, but that is okay since the movie did not wish to be a screaming FX-thriller anyway. you know that there is something suspicious going on, but you feel dull - but when an old lady thanks the community at a village festival suddenly, and one second later falls down one meter and breaks her neck and hangs with a smile on her face, then this is something that catches your attention. the unfolding of the explanation for this is a perverting of logic that is so circular that it already is consistent again and makes a diabolic sense in itself. But having checked the feedback at movie websites and amazon, it seems not many of the audience have realised what a bitter and sarcastic social criticsm of the anonymous pressure of groups and their circular self-justification this movie is. *"Population 436"* - calm story telling, relaxing pictures of a fake idyll, a wonderful landscape and a divious point that reveals quite something about our social reality. Recommended! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 10-17-08 at 08:04 PM.

10-19-08, 05:58 PM	#2
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I stumbled across this flick a while ago on pay tv. Sucked me in pretty quickly too! I remember getting annoyed at myself, because I thought it was poorly made (compared to my normal movie fare) but I just couldn't drag myself away