Csontdaráló

I was tempted to pop five stars on this for the subtle but genuinely funny black humor and the surprisingly funny ending. But I still can't get over the hero's motivations, because the blonde girl was really ugly (supposedly a young buxom waitress... I'd like to see the girlfriend of the distributor who had the nerve to write that). And where did Mr. Horvath hide, anyway? ;) (2011.03.05)

A nice Austrian mix in the style of the Coen brothers. There is at times some truly dark humor in the film about a secret room under a house and a guy who grinds up a couple of Russian pimps due to some bad luck and an excess of love. An irresistibly lax ex-policeman and many other bizarre people of all kinds get involved in the story. I was quite annoyed by the fact that while the subtitle sequence is exclusive, The Bone Man sometimes slips unnecessarily into visual routine. The film’s bar is raised by both the acting and, above all, the syndrome of "Austrian cellaring", i.e., malignant brutalities that flourish under the combed surface of normal citizens. Haneke analyzes this syndrome, Murnberger plays with it in the spirit of postmodern interest in decline, and yet we can also find elements of social satire in his film. I really did enjoy the film. However, the feeling that the film is not nearly as radical and abnormal as it should have been persists in me. (2010.03.31)