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The first 25 minutes are basically UNWATCHABLE!


Having to read subtitles combined with nauseatingly incomprehensible rotating camerawork which make it virtually impossible to see what's going on for almost half an hour??? That's absolutely insane given that this movie's runtime is only about 90 minutes. WTF??? A third of the movie is unwatchable!

And let's not even get into the disgustingly LOOOOOONG rape scene. At times it felt as if this movie was made by a pessimistic nihilist who hates cinema and hates people even more. It's no surprise the director was high on cocaine while making this movie.

Such a shame. This could have have been a pretty good film. 50% of it is amongst the worst cinema I've ever seen, and yet from the party scene onward there is coherence, good technique, some interesting ideas and some pretty inspired film-making. Meh, this is one movie I will not be revisiting anytime soon, if ever at all.

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