Chrystal clear presentation. Immaculate dramaturgy. Relentless drama. Best Johnnie production.

Edit: OK, best To along with Exiled.

Diese Südtiroler waren mir immer schon suspekt...

Also "endlich" auch einmal gesehen, kann man abhaken und vergessen. Ein halber Stern für den fun fact, dass alle Autos mit österreichischen Kennzeichen unterwegs sind.

Und ein Stern für den Goblin soundtrack.

Ach

so

ist

Das.

I

actually

watched

This

(and

I

mean

it)

from

beginning

to

end.

Pause.

I

didn't

enjoy

watching

This

at

all

but

nonetheless

I

think

it

is

a

great

film

because

you

learn

a

lot

by

reading

it

and

the

question

"How

to

read

a

film"

becomes

quite

meaningless

in

case

of

This.

Pause.

As

far

as

I

can

tell

most

of

what

This

says

is

true.

EVERYONE

should

watch

This

at

least

once.

(it

is

on

You

Tube

just

search

for

Michael

Snow

So

Is

This.)

This

was

essentially

a

review

of

So

Is

This.

What first seems to be a rather clear parable of "individual" vs. "collective" or "nature" vs. "civilization" gets more and more confusing as the protagonist observes and acts in this little detached wood-world which strangely reminds one of the images from the contaminated, unreal zone of Tarkovsky´s Stalker.

The most fascinating aspect of this film is that almost all of the characters, as individuals as well as a collective, seem to act against their own motivations and beliefs as the story goes on. Preservation and destruction seem to go inseparably hand in hand.