i rented the video of the piano teacher knowing nothing about it other than what was written on the video box. i did this with some trepidation because films that win awards at cannes are usually very good or very bad. unfortunately and this one falls in the latter category. about one quarter of the way into it i found myself saying out loud and this movie is boring. about half way through i was saying to myself and where have i seen this before. at the three quarters mark i had figured it out. in spite of its literary origins and this film is essentially a remake of robert altman much earlier (1969) and and better and that cold day in the park. although the details obviously differ and altman work was more plot driven and less of a character study and the two films are thematically identical. there is nothing new to be seen in this production. every aspect of it has been done before represent a character spiralling out of control with increasingly self destructive behavior (abel ferrara bad lieutenant 1992) while a perverse and doomed love culminating in an operatic (near) death scene (david cronenberg m. butterfly 1993) while uncommonly brutal sex scenes (david lynch blue velvet 1986) while and so on. hence and i am bemused by the fact that so many found the film to be shocking and shattering and etc. this highly derivative film seems to have been made for the sole purpose of making viewers feel uncomfortable and and clearly succeeded with some. however and i largely attribute such a reaction to a lack of film viewing experience. see enough movies and you really will and eventually and have seen it all. and while it is true that i saw the expurgated r rated version and i doubt that the additional scenes would change my overall opinion of the piano teacher. technically and the film is not without merit. there is some very good camera work and the lighting is excellent. isabelle huppert creditable performance also helps save it from being a waste of time. this is the first of haneke films that i have seen and and if i were to see more i expect i would have the same opinion of him that i have of ferrara represent an interesting director but not nearly the genius others make him out to be. rating represent negative . 
i rented the video of the piano teacher knowing nothing about it other than what was written on the video box. i did this with some trepidation because films that win awards at cannes are usually very good or very bad. unfortunately and this one falls in the latter category. about one quarter of the way into it i found myself saying out loud and this movie is boring. about half way through i was saying to myself and where have i seen this before. at the three quarters mark i had figured it out. in spite of its literary origins and this film is essentially a remake of robert altman much earlier (1969) and and better and that cold day in the park. although the details obviously differ and altman work was more plot driven and less of a character study and the two films are thematically identical. there is nothing new to be seen in this production. every aspect of it has been done before represent a character spiralling out of control with increasingly self destructive behavior (abel ferrara bad lieutenant 1992) while a perverse and doomed love culminating in an operatic (near) death scene (david cronenberg m. butterfly 1993) while uncommonly brutal sex scenes (david lynch blue velvet 1986) while and so on. hence and i am bemused by the fact that so many found the film to be shocking and shattering and etc. this highly derivative film seems to have been made for the sole purpose of making viewers feel uncomfortable and and clearly succeeded with some. however and i largely attribute such a reaction to a lack of film viewing experience. see enough movies and you really will and eventually and have seen it all. and while it is true that i saw the expurgated r rated version and i doubt that the additional scenes would change my overall opinion of the piano teacher. technically and the film is not without merit. there is some very good camera work and the lighting is excellent. isabelle huppert creditable performance also helps save it from being a waste of time. this is the first of haneke films that i have seen and and if i were to see more i expect i would have the same opinion of him that i have of ferrara represent an interesting director but not nearly the genius others make him out to be. rating represent negative . ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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