GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Manthast Absolutely amazing

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

billcr12 Huntstage, or dog days in German, is an almost documentary style look at every day folks in casual circumstances. The strangest is a plain girl named Anna, who hangs out in parking lots at supermarkets and hitchhikes rides with passersby. Once in their car, she rambles on in stream of consciousness rants and also sings badly. Mrva sells alarm systems door to door as he warns people about the dangers of burglars on the prowl. His boss decides to force him to catch the person responsible for a rash of car vandalism.A divorced Greek guy and his wife still live in the same house without speaking. Her new boyfriend visits, while the ex plays ball outside. Eventually, a confrontation is inevitable.An old widower returns from shopping and weighs the food on a scale. He finds a small discrepancy, and argues with the manager on a regular basis. He also is a nightmare to his neighbors, with unending complaints. He forces is housekeeper to wear his dead wife's clothes.A lonely, middle aged teacher dresses up for her sadistic, much younger boyfriend, who brings home a friend to humiliate her. This segment is the most repulsive of the film.The director, Ulrich Seidl has an extremely perverse view of human nature, and Hundstage is not for anyone feeling down before a viewing. This may push you over the edge.

prempremprem-1 It is often said that the purpose of all art is to at as a mirror to life in ways that common observation cannot. In Dog Days, one finds that mirror shedding some brutal, uncompromising and deeply disturbing light on modern day life.At the core of the film is a deep sense of loneliness. Seen through the lives of its characters, the film begins with an over-possessive boyfriend and his abusive relationship with his girlfriend.The opening scenes of the film quickly set the tone for the rest of the film. The brawl in the strip-club and the highly disturbing scene of physical abuse in the car leave you in no doubt that this not a film will be apologetic or polite.The rest of the film does not disappoint on this count. There is the old widower whose only companion, his pet dog, is poisoned. The mentally unbalanced hitchhiker who meets with some rather tragic consequences. The security equipment salesman who spends endless hours trying to sell his wares, with little success. The estranged couple that lives under the same roof, mourning the death of their little daughter but refusing to speak with each other. And finally, and possibly the most unhinging of all, the aging woman and her inexplicable love for her sadistic, violent and abusive man.The film offers little in terms of relief from the dark and disturbing lives of its characters. Often described as highly pessimistic, the film chooses to focus on the extremities to make a larger point about the isolation of modern urban life and the redemption we seek from it.Highly realistic and engrossing, this a truly gifted piece of film making from, astonishingly, a débutant film-maker.

fam-franco a movie about the cruelty of this world. I found it liberating, as only truth can be. It also contains some quite funny bits. Some of the acting is extraordinary, see Maria Hofstätter for instance. The director has tried to depict life as realistically as possible, succeeding. Coherently, the sex scenes are explicit and no more fake than those of a hard-core movie. Although I hardly understood a sentence, I found the vision of the movie in the original language with subtitles much more rewarding, because with the dubbing half the great work of the actors gets lost. The voice of the character played by Maria Hofstätter is particularly hard to duplicate by a dubber.My favorite movie

fred3f If you are looking for a film the portrays the pointless and boring existence of middle class lives caught in a web of non-communication and false ideals, then this is the film for you. If you also what the film to be engaging and keep your interest, then you should probably look elsewhere. There are many films that do this far better. For example, try some of the darker films by Bergman. The Filmmaker felt that in order to show the spiritual poverty of the middle class he should subject the viewer to one agonizingly dull and vacuous incident after another until the film finally comes to its tortuous and pathetic end. If you value your time there are far better ways to spend two hours, like cleaning your house, for example.