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Movie Reviews of The Experiment
Movie Review: The best cult movie of 2001all around the world
Summary: 5 Stars
If you think that all the theorems about the final aspects of the violence had been expossed before, watch this movie. In the best tradition of the greatest films that explored this same object, let`s name the obligated references Shock corridor (Fuller),The chase (Artur Penn) , Straw dogs (Sam Peckinpah), Even dwarfs started small (Werner Herzog )The clockwise orange (Kubrick) , Cuckoo`s nest(Foreman) , The brutalization of Franz Blum (Reinhard Hauff) , Do the right thing (Spike Lee), Trainspotting (Danny Boyle), and The believer (Henry Bean),the insight landscape made by this work is really absorbing . The camera work is exceptional. The performances and thge script are superb. With special mention to both of the meaning roles. The concept of authority, and the fact of owning altough fifteen days , and how this circunstance slowly permeates the shadow places of the soul, showing how the human being can become in a true animal, just for that little amonut of power who seems to design a God`s messenger, or any religion.
In many aspects the film is a true collage of many relevant facts that the use of the violence and the resistence to it, can affect the psiquis , the behavior and the ethics of any human being in similar conditions, the horror (do you remember the last Brando`s speech in Apocalyse now?), the supreme efforts to surviving above all the troubles, the great support of the memory in circunstances beyond the edge conditions.
After watching the film you must remember Hobbes , and Orwell`s nightmares (Animal`s farm), because the message in this sense goes beyond the anechdotical story. Don`t think it just a simple horror film .
Gaston Bothoul, in his fundamental work "The war phenomen" (from the early seventies), tells us among other interesting items the long interval of peace in the world has been only two hundred years, so when you listen again about someone who dares call Aquiles like the cities`destructor, you should set this observation under a several analysis.
I don`t think you stay indifferent after watching it. It`s a devastating movie. And not for all tastes. But if you really face the hidden facets of the human being, his transformation under special circunstances, don`t miss it. And either think about the film like a peace`s aphology.
And above all what it shows the film at its end it`s the powerful message that nobody`s innocent, in the wider sense of the word.
Movie Review: Highly recommended, but not for the faint-hearted.
Summary: 5 Stars
Based on the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, this remarkable German film manages to deftly combine thriller, sci-fi, social commentary & character study into one. The premise is simple: a group of men volunteer to take part in an experiment where they are placed in an prison & divided into groups of "guards" & "prisoners" for two weeks to study aggressive behaviour within the prison environment.None of them have been in prison before. Occupations range from teacher to taxi driver & even a professional Elvis impersonator!
The only catch is that by taking part in the program & becoming prisoners, the men are automatically stripped of all their civil rights for that time period, & have their names replaced with numbers. Unfortunately the "guards" start taking their responsibilities too far & cross the line into violence & repression.
What the men AREN'T told is that only one of them will stand a chance of getting out alive with the money: everyone else must die, so soon both groups are fighting within their own ranks too. It's at this point that some of the men decide it's time to start fighting back, as it appears that if they remain passive they won't survive the fortnight behind bars.
Among the prisoners is an undercover reporter looking for a story, and if he survives this could land him a front page exclusive.... but his fellow prisoners aren't too keen on him cashing in on their misery when they find out so this places him at an even greater risk.
Absorbing & quite disturbing at times, THE EXPERIMENT rates as one of the best movies I've seen in 2003. The movie is subtitled, I'm not sure if it's also available in an English language version. Brilliantly Directed, filmed & written this is a movie that will stay with you long after the end credits have rolled. A must-see.
DVD extras include interviews, a beind the scenes doco & trailers.
Movie Review: WHO ARE YOU? REALLY?
Summary: 5 Stars
THE EXPERIMENT is a German film that is based on the "infamous Stanford Prison Experiment" preformed in 1971. I had never heard of this, but I will definitely look for information about this after viewing THE EXPERIMENT.
The plot goes like this--20 men answered an ad asking for volunteers for a mock prison experiment with a payment at the end of 14 days of 4000 marks. The men were divided up into 12 prison guards and 8 prisoners. The first day, the division goes rather smoothly, with joking and laughter easing the tension. However, one of the prisoners, Tarek, is going to sell his experience to a newspaper and he tries to shake things up a bit with one of the guards. The use of violence isn't permitted, but humilation is, so the prisoners are stripped of their bed frames, their mattresses, their lights, and their smocks. I found it utterly chilling watching those grown men huddled in the dark stripped naked while the prison guards watched on the monitors, laughing about how they had regained their control. But as chilling as this was, things only get worse...
Much worse.
THE EXPERIMENT was completely shocking, horrifying and I suppose what made it even more compelling for myself was the question the film presented--does the potential for absolute corruption exist in all of us given the right circumstances? I can't shake that opening scene of the movie when all 20 of the men first meet and they're laughing and being friendly with each other and then in my mind I flash forward to the last ten minutes....
THE EXPERIMENT is riveting, you can't take your eyes off the screen, even when you wish you could. The images will stay with you for a long time. Check out THE EXPERIMENT only if you dare to... for this is serious horror my friends, made so by the secret beast that just might live in all of us.
THE EXPERIMENT. YOU WON'T FORGET IT.
Movie Review: What is real anymore?
Summary: 5 Stars
In a society obsessed with reality television (myself included), `Das Experiment' sheds some increasingly disturbed light on the realities behind that `reality'. Based (probably quite loosely) on an actual psychological experiment conducted in 1971, `Das Experiment' takes an extreme look at the demise of humanity. He film follows a young reporter, Tarek Fahd, who goes undercover when a story presents itself to him. He is asked to participate in a secret experiment that will place twelve men in prison cells to be guarded by eight guards while scientists study what follows. The `criminals' will be stripped of their rights and the `guards' will have full control, but violence is strictly prohibited. Enlisted as a `criminal', Fahd continually bucks the authority of the `guards', hoping to get an unauthorized rise out of the `guards', exposing the faulty kinks in the experiment. What he didn't expect was the over-zealous scientist willing to allow minor indiscretions and a power-hungry `guard' willing to overstep reasonableness to make a point.
Insert madness here.
The film boils down to a ridiculously tense climax that literally had me seething with frustrations. It all works though, despite its unapologetic preposterousness. The demise of the key character's humanity overshadows the subtle reminders that these men are average individuals, just like you and me. They are hiding from secrets, lying for prominence and eagerly seeking approval, whether in the form of general consensus or from their own self gratification. The performances here all bolster the films rich subtext, adding believability and an undeniable relatable atmosphere to the film.
Power is a devastatingly remarkable tool. It can be used to help and aid so many, but all too often power is used for selfish evilness. `Das Experiment' underscores that emphatically.
Movie Review: Just when an experiment became the reality itself...
Summary: 5 Stars
The film is based on an actual psychological based prison experiment that took place in Stanford laboratories back in 1971. The aim of the experiment, in my view, is to test the limits of a man's self-control and aggression. And, indeed, the resultscome out to be quite interesting, as the participants become the experimenters at some point of the movie.Moritz Bleibtreu, plays 'Fahd', a taxi-driver, who is an underground journalist, with the mission of catching the excitement during the experiment. We also know Moritz from 'Run Lola Run', which is yet another good german movie. Moritz, seeing the ad on the newspaper, which tells that a big amount of money is to be given to participants in a pyschology experiment, decides that this is 'the' chance. 19 other people, rather ordinary citizens, but with different individual problems, decide to take a part, too. They all seem to take the experiment and the directions easy; however, as days go by, each goes through different problems, which is the exact case the experimenters have intended to create. We see the professor's increasing delight, as the interactions between the prisoners and guardians get more intense and aggressive. As we proceed to day three, money gets vanished from the minds of many. Instead, it is survival, that is at stake this time. In fact, it will be the professor's surprise to see what has happened, when he comes back from his business trip...
Oliver Hirschbiegel has directed the movie excellently, in a perfect sequence of events, that raises tension, excitement, and curiosity in the audience. The cast has been chosen with particular care, the roles are greatly performed by many of the actors and actresses. I think that 'Das Experiment' is one of the top-notch German movies ever made so far. Seeing this movie is not only highly recommended, but even essential.