Suicide
by Raoul W. Heimrich, Yvonne Wunschel
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Director: Raoul W. Heimrich, Yvonne WunschelDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-04
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Movie Reviews of Suicide
Movie Review: German cinema at its very best
Summary: 5 Stars
This german film, released here with it's original sundtrack and english subtitles, is totally unique in it's subject matter and in its form. Roughly it is about a young couple who decide to offer their services on a website to film other people's suicide. There is a lot more to it, but there are some very interesting and unexpected plot twists that would be a shame to give away - you just have to see this for yourself. It is entirely shot on Digital Video - but BEWARE all those people who have some strange grudge against this medium, let me tell you: this is the only way this film could have been made. This is one of those films where the choice of that medium is essential, enhances the horrifying nature of the film and, indeed, is no less than a character in the story.Funny thing is that, partly because of the use of video instead of filmstock, this film looks as though it was a lot easier to make than in reality is the case. There is no use of the obvious and much-too-often used digital effects that we are bored with in the multiplex theatres, everything looks as though it is plainly shot with a small handheld camera. But the suicides that are shown are so shockingly realistic and indeed much better looking than rapidly outdated digital effects in any 100 million dollar movie that it is hard to believe that the makers of this "small" film have achieved this level of 100% realism. This is enhanced by the true-to-life acting of absolutely everybody in this film.
It is dark and very unsettling, but essential to everyone interested in intelligent horrorfilms, german cinema from the likes of Jorg Buttgereit or Michael Haneke and for everyone who wants just that little bit more from a movie-experience than just laid-back entertainment.
Summary of Suicide
Is it wrong to film and broadcast a suicide if the participant has requested it? That's the question posed by this disturbing German horror feature, which presents unflinching images of suicide in a morally thorny storyline. Director Raoul W. Heimrich stars with Yvonne De Bark as a couple who films strangers' suicides and shows them on their Web site (the film's original title was Finalcut.com). The pair wrestles with remaining impassive observers during these intensely intimate (and often gruesome) final moments and the need to get "good footage"--a problem that solves itself when they decide to involve themselves in the suicides. Filmed mostly in a disturbingly voyeuristic POV through Heimrich's camcorder, Suicide ranks with works by fellow German filmmakers Jörg Buttgereit (Schramm) and Michael Haneke (Funny Games) as one of the most challenging horror films in recent years, and should prove difficult to watch for all save the most hardened viewers. Troma's DVD offers the director's cut (in German with English subtitles) as well as more light-hearted "Tromatic" extras (including trailers for Tales from the Crapper and others), which clash with the main feature's oppressively dark tone. --Paul GaitaSimilar DVD Movies
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