Review of Disgrace (2008) by Igor K — 01 Nov 2009

The lately artistic connection between Australia and South Africa (District 9, this movie) is giving a new angle and topics in the modern cinema beside the dominant themes produced in the US. Disgrace is a complex movie like a few thousand piece puzzle which takes lot of time, patient and resolvement to complete and then it should be rewarding.

This one has so many subtopics and questionable and mind boggling hidden parts that it keeps lingering on in your mind. One of the motives at least I have found as a dominant is "primal urges", which are prevelant in societies like the South African and other "transitional" country torn by wars and other ruthless systems.

The urge of one man for sexual satisfaction, a rather ruthless one (Malkovich), and urge to survive on no matter what (Haines, his daughter), and the tribal type of separation in conflict (we against them), which is more in focus after the attack on the house.

The cinema is very nice, it gives you a feel of the rural part in which normalized norms are nothing but theory, and the actors have done a decent job. The movie is good because it raises questions, and keeps you wondering some hours and days about the choice s the characters made and that is a really rare asset today in any movie.