Review of Kafka (1991) by Jason G — 13 May 2014

Any critics who hasnt read the preriquisite bookS (including the letters to his father) should make sure to go and talk about something else, at the very least. It is extremely coherent and cohesive, critics who missed that.

... well they missed a very good occasion to not embarass themselve, its mortifying. This is a special film that exist only in parallel to the work and persona of Kafka and must be approached as such. This movie also gains another layer of visual flair if youve seen Orson Welles' rendition of Kafka's The Trial as it pays great homage to its taut and reckless visual style.

There are so many good touches, like putting the gravedigger as a direct reference AND metaphor to Max Brod. To put a sordid horror story at the core of it is not silly; its simply very Kafka. So its not just well directed; its also majorly good and well written, but its adressed to Kafka readers (theres quite a few of them, really).