- Actors: Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler, Alexandre Hamidi, Maimouna Hélène Diarra
- Directors: Michael Haneke
- Writers: Michael Haneke
- Producers: Alain Sarde, Christoph Holch, Marin Karmitz, Michael Weber, Thilo Kleine
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: Arabic, English, French, German, Romanian
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Mongrel Media
- Release Date: Aug 27 2002
- Run Time: 118 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000068MAL
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1.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Code Unknown (DVD)
I'll keep this brief, as I feel like I've already wasted too much time on this movie as is. Turgid, pretentious, and relentlessly grim. At least that was my opinion of the first 100 minutes -- I turned it off after that. Maybe it got better in the last 15 minutes. Don't bet on it though.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Waiting for Godot without the Leaves,
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This review is from: Code Unknown (DVD)
I was really excited at viewing another film by Haneke, but it was a sheer flop. It is a very good movie for individuals who want to study cinema and the abstract; however, it is a film about seperate lives that have nothing in common and do not come together at the end. Scenes with no meaning are long and drawn out. Stories do not make sense except we are always waiting for Godot and unlike the play there is no movement- in the drama at least two leaves appear. The movie is well named Code Unknown as the code is never opened.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Code: Unconventional,
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Code Unknown (DVD)
Michael Haneke is either mad or a genius. That's the feeling that comes after watching "Code Unknown," a strangely compelling -- and very unconventionally-shot -- movie about people who lack a place to live in peace. The performances are realistic, the direction strangely minimalist -- and the feel is confusing and vivid.The movie follows the lives of many people living in France -- an immigrant taxi driver who returns to his homeland. A Romanian woman who faces deportation. A young boy fleeing life on a farm. An Arab heckles people on a subway. A young black man who can't understand why people are so disrespectful to a woman on the street. And a young actress who simply seems to be struggling with her boyfriend. These people bump into one another, and their lives brush for brief instants that change everything. "Code: Unknown" is not an easy film to get into. Its fragmented story is made up of dozens of little scenes, which are sometimes cut off in mid-sentence. What's more, there are certain scenes (like Binoche and an old lady walking through a cemetary, or a boy riding his bike away from a farm) that may seem dull at first glance. Certainly Haneke's filmmaking is unique. There is no soundtrack at all; in some scenes, all you can hear are cars and footsteps. Each scene is filmed in one long continuous take, which adds to the ultra-realistic feel of the film -- it's unadorned, lacking in drama, gritty and sometimes a bit tedious, like real life. And Haneke's directorial skill is at its best when communicating how alienated and alone these people are -- for example, Binoche on a stage, speaking wistfully to a nonexistant audience. The acting ranges from silly to superb. Juliette Binoche is undoubtedly the best in this film, especially since she had to do all her scenes in a continuous take. Early in the movie, she's called upon to display indifference, suspicion, fear, misery and terror all in the space of a few minutes. The other supporting actors are usually okay if not terribly memorable, and a few of them definitely go over the top like Ona Lu Yenke. Michael Haneke's "Code Unknown" is a strange, vivid look at being alone and being adrift. This cinematic collage is hypnotic and a little warped, and definitely worth checking out... but only with an open mind.
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