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71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance, 1994

Starring: Gabriel Cosmin Urdes, Lukas Miko, Otto Grünmandl, Anne Bennent

Directed by: Michael Haneke

Written by: Michael Haneke

Language: German, Romanian, English

Country: Austria, Germany

Runtime: 96 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.2

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71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance can be described as disturbing, bleak, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around a humdrum life, immigrants, and being down on your luck. The main genres are drama and foreign. In terms of style, it is experimental. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in Austria. It takes place in the 1990s.

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With his signature cold, cerebral style, his long slow takes, and meticulous action, Austrian director Michael Haneke (CACHE, THE PIANO TEACHER) presents a series of isolated scenes of unrelated people that culminates in an act of sudden and senseless violence in a bank. 71 FRAGMENTS OF A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANCE delves into some of the prevalent themes of Haneke's earlier films THE SEVENTH CONTINENT and BENNY'S VIDEO: existential isolation, the oppressive force of contemporary western civilization, the effects of television on human experience, and sudden inscrutable violence. Similar to Antonioni, Haneke has become one of the contemporary cinema's greatest provocateurs, deliberately withholding crucial information and denying any audience expectation. The eerie and beautiful 71 FRAGMENTS OF A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANCE hovers between a terrible nihilism and a tenuous humanism.

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Language:	German, Romanian, English
Country:	Austria, Germany
Release date:	October 1994
Runtime:	96 min

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Gabriel Cosmin Urdes

as Marian Radu

Lukas Miko

as Max

Otto Grünmandl

as Tomek

Anne Bennent

as Inge Brunner

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The New York Times

An icy-cool study of violence both mediated and horribly real. Full Review

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by: Manohla Dargis

Variety

Intellectually demanding and non-commercial film should be embraced in the festival and arthouse circuits by film students and viewers interested in postmodern, deconstructionist cinema. Full Review

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by: Emanuel Levy

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I guess it didn't click for me in a severe way. The idea of piecing the story together in a fragmentary way is an interesting concept but I found it unsustainable for this amount of time. Attempting to show the randomness of these acts through a... Read and rate it

19.March.2009
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by: Brad Cole
Brad Cole rated this movie2/10Bad

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