Pay attention to the introduction of Said. It’s the landing.īut it’s not just the powerful narrative that makes La Haine a great movie, the film is also full of incredible camera work. Heard about the guy that fell off the skyscraper? As he falls, he tries to reassures himself by repeating: Instead here’s the opening quote, read over the top of ‘documentary’ film of rioting in Paris. I’m not even going to narrate the opening scene. Because just like Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, this film is a timeless representation of social unrest.If you love a good cinema verite film (other cinema verite favourites include Che, and Battle of Algiers).You have been to Paris and seen the Eiffel Tower. Like Taxi Driver and Do the Right Thing, La Haine gives a voice to the marginalised. The film brings social unrest to the big screen, showing us that Paris is not the romantic and happy city that Hollywood and beyond have portrayed it as. This film was so provocative and great that the French Prime Minister at the time commissioned a mandatory screening for all entire French cabinet.
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