tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post7607739866176343806..comments2022-03-27T04:40:18.156-07:00Comments on I Was Just Watching a Movie ...: I've Just Seen: The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) (2001)Julia Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-88140014762291689662017-06-15T15:33:28.274-07:002017-06-15T15:33:28.274-07:00Oh no! Its hard when you misjudge films before wat...Oh no! Its hard when you misjudge films before watching them - what a shock to the system! This is certainly not the film to introduce yourself to Haneke with (unless you like jumping straight into the deep end). Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-16217541540158187262017-06-15T15:30:19.284-07:002017-06-15T15:30:19.284-07:00Yeah, I won't ever watch this again, but am un...Yeah, I won't ever watch this again, but am unlikely to forget it either. I can't imagine anyone else playing Erika, a sign of Huppert's skill.Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-36383005803871862172017-06-15T11:58:45.542-07:002017-06-15T11:58:45.542-07:00I watched this movie years ago and was completely ...I watched this movie years ago and was completely unprepared for it. Today I know Haneke is a cinematographic sadist, but back then it sounded like an easy movie with an edge. It is not an easy movie. In the beginning she is simply a woman with a unusual interest in kinky sex, but as it progresses we learn that this is a lot worse. She is a complete mental wreck, entirely unable to enter into a human relationship of any kind. Ugh, that is a blow to the stomach. Haneke, you bastard!TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-42797334680505295152017-06-15T11:10:18.779-07:002017-06-15T11:10:18.779-07:00Your last paragraph here pretty much sums up how I...Your last paragraph here pretty much sums up how I feel about both Huppert and Haneke in general. Huppert has a talent for playing unpleasant, awful characters extremely well, and Haneke's films are the sort that I don't enjoy watching, but that I am always glad to have watched. The Piano Teacher falls into that category in all cases. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.com