Fresh
Michael Hanekes 1994 feature is an icy-cool study of violence both mediated and horribly real.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1995 · 1h 40m · Not Rated
Drama
Directed by
Michael Haneke
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71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
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71 scenes revolving around multiple Viennese residents who are by chance involved with a senseless gun slaughter on Christmas Eve.
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Fresh
The film's Endsville, when we reach it, is almost an anticlimax, thanks to the masterfully orchestrated ensemble acting and the countless dramatic mini-explosions unleashed along the way.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
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