Review of Benny's Video (1992) by Sahra S — 28 Mar 2013

Benny's Video is about a privileged, manic-depressive teenage boy who becomes inattentive to reality by watching violent videos. Without analyzing it too much, I came to the conclusion that this is a story of how one's vision can be controlled and blurred from reality.

I really like this story; Haneke's use of foreshadow is effective and smart. Although there are complaints that this film fails to support its pivotal moments of ideological purpose and what not, I think that there is something really special happening here.

And yes, I know it's not as iconic as Funny Games or as picturesque as The White Ribbon. I highly recommend this movie, seeing as it is apart of the glaciation trilogy.