La Haine came out in 1996, if memory serves. I know I saw it in Edmonton at an art film cinema.
I'm confident in saying that it had some impact on the English-speaking world, as there's a not insignificant amount of scholarly work on it and there's a Criterion dvd release. When I was in grad school, one of the French professors included it among the films she showed for a French culture class - her course was based on contemporary French cinema.
For me, it's one of the best three films I've ever seen. Kassovitz was never better. Though I'm looking forward to his latest: L'ordre et la morale.
Thanks for the info - I wasn't aware that it was the topic of academic work. I would have been a young teen when it came out and I am no cinephile, so it may not have ever been discussed in my circles.
Reading your endorsement I'm very stoked to sit down and watch it!
Certain French government officials made the film mandatory viewing for their ministries and the film caused riots in some parts of France.
I studied the film as an undergrad and a grad student. However, I had the flexibility to choose to study the film. The film itself wasn't part of the syllabus.
I'm a self-acknowledged audiophile, bibliphile & cinephile. So, this is exactly the kind of film I'd watch.
If you enjoy La Haine, you may also like his earlier and thematically similar film La Métisse (Café au lait is the English title).
I saw this film when it played at the WWF here in Montreal and I was beyond floored. Hands down, a classic film up there with Kubrick and Bergman.
I rushed out to buy the DVD when Barnes and Noble had "the criterion collection 50% off sale (just before xmas), but Boite Noire has it/or can order it for you. TONS of extras. IMHO, worth every penny...
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I'm confident in saying that it had some impact on the English-speaking world, as there's a not insignificant amount of scholarly work on it and there's a Criterion dvd release. When I was in grad school, one of the French professors included it among the films she showed for a French culture class - her course was based on contemporary French cinema.
For me, it's one of the best three films I've ever seen. Kassovitz was never better. Though I'm looking forward to his latest: L'ordre et la morale.
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Reading your endorsement I'm very stoked to sit down and watch it!
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I studied the film as an undergrad and a grad student. However, I had the flexibility to choose to study the film. The film itself wasn't part of the syllabus.
I'm a self-acknowledged audiophile, bibliphile & cinephile. So, this is exactly the kind of film I'd watch.
If you enjoy La Haine, you may also like his earlier and thematically similar film La Métisse (Café au lait is the English title).
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Splurge and get the criterion Collection on DVD http://www.criterion.com/films/216-la-haine
I saw this film when it played at the WWF here in Montreal and I was beyond floored. Hands down, a classic film up there with Kubrick and Bergman.
I rushed out to buy the DVD when Barnes and Noble had "the criterion collection 50% off sale (just before xmas), but Boite Noire has it/or can order it for you. TONS of extras. IMHO, worth every penny...
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