Tuesday 23 February 2010

Antikörper (Antibodies)

I've just watched this brilliant German film on TVE2 (this public channel has the good habit of displaying some rather good films on Monday evenings).
Antikörper is an absolutely impressive thriller that proudly draws inspiration from masterpieces such as "Silence of the lambs" and "Seven" (there's a key difference with Seven, work it out yourself).

I love the visual work, that includes top notch common modern terror imagery, with some lovely expressionist paintings by the crazy killer, white clean rooms with blood stains, dark, cold rooms in a dark cold metropolis (I love you Berlin)...
Good part of the story revolves around Christianism, with all its imposed moral views, tormented souls, punishment, myths (Binding of Isaac)... and takes place in Southern Germany. This is the second film, (the first was Requiem, another excellent film) that depicts the rural society there as terribly (even fanatically) Catholic.

For me, staying 127 minutes in front of the screen with no intention of getting up there for a single second means much as to how good and intense this film is.
This is a must-see film and the only thing I have to say now is THANKS to the whole crew involved in its production.



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