Review of 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1995) by Private U — 21 Jan 2008
71 scenes [fragments] featuring unconnected characters leading to their involvement in a senseless shooting spree. Many of the scenes are, or include, news reports. These fragments are all made up of every day occurrences, to make them ordinary and "recognisable".
The point of the film is that despite watching and listening to people and their activities all the time we don't "understand" them. We talk all of the time but never really communicate.
Haneke doesn't give any reasons for the characters actions through out the film leaving us with purely our own theories and beliefs from what we observe. The final film of the "glaciation trilogy" is meticulously thought out and well executed.
Perfect film making from this excellent writer/director.
This review of 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1995) was written by Private U on 21 Jan 2008.
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance has generally received positive reviews.
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