Writer: Michael Haneke
Language: German
I saw the film without knowing anything other than its Michael Haneke's debut one and was completely blown away by it. I am not giving out any details about the film as its worth watching without any prior idea about the film. It deals with alienation felt by a bourgeoisie family which is evidently Haneke's favorite theme. The title of film refers to Australia, to where the family plan to emigrate to.
There was a very good interview with Haneke about this film available and there is one very interesting bit where he says he warned the producer that there are couple of scenes where the audience would get upset-aquarium one and money flushed down the toilet. The producer told him that the latter won't upset many and guess what, Haneke was right as many walked out after the money scene.
Haneke has gone up fast in my favorite Directors list and I reckon he will be in the top 5 along with Tarantino, Kubrick, Coens and Lynch
Rating: 5/5
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