La Haine (1995) ( Hate ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, Blu-Ray, Reg.B Import - United Kingdom ]

This is an EXCELLENT movie!! Yes it’s subtitled, but you don’t miss out on the characters’ passion and pain, the movie is that good.

How do race relations differ in the U.S. and overseas? I ask because race relations in the U.S. is more overt whereas elsewhere it is covert. Mainly in the news, racial conflicts outside of the United States are rarely viewed in mainstream media in the United States and yet, outside of the United States, racial conflicts are viewed all the time overseas. The movie cuts across racial and economic lines in France. When one thinks of Paris, they think of the glitter of the nightlife and the fashion capital. Nothing could be further from the truth when we encounter how real people in different parts of the world live struggling to get by on a daily basis. The racial conflict among Jews, Arabs, and Blacks living in a housing project in the part of Paris causes riots to ensue after an Arabic and fellow friend of the trio is gunned down by police. The three friends differentiate on taking the matter into their own hands. The director takes us into another part of France that is unseen and needs to be addressed among the Diaspora.

It's been a long time coming, but a small budget indie film has finally found it's way onto Bluray. For that film to be La Haine is fantastic and incredible. I couldn't believe it when I saw this. This is one of the most incredible and beautifully shot films i've ever witnessed, and is one of the reason's I became a film maker. I can't wait to receive this item.

Wow.

Excellent!!... Thank You!!

I have yet to see the DVD of La Haine. This review is of the VHS version: Hate (La Haine) is a remarkable film. It follows three friends of different ethnicity through 24 hours in and around Paris. The film begins the day after a riot has struck the slums just outside of Paris. The three characters are Jewish, Arabic, and Black, and are all good friends despite the differences that divide them. This is an excellant character study. The film focuses less on the violence of the slum, but instead focuses on the mentallity of the three young men. After their good friend was brtually beaten by the police, the Jewish one vows that he will kill a police officer if the man dies. This vow haunts the entire film, and although it is almost a plot device, it is soon realised that it is so much more; its a character trait that can be respected once we understand these three men more. Why is one of them so much more prone to a promise of violence than the other two? Does their race/ethnicity matter in the ghetto when they're all as poor as each other? Why do the police harrass them all the time? These are some of the questions that are brought up throughout the film. To know and understand these three chracters is to know the answers. The plot is almost unnecessary in a film like La Haine. This is a chracter study. True, what happened the night before is very important to the story, but only if it properlly involves these three men, which it does quite well. Assuming the subtitles are done properly, the the dialogue is great, and the whole film is shot with a documentary feel. The whole film feels real, and we can relate to the characters because of how real they are. When I first saw this film, it blew me away. I've yet to see its DVD release, but once I find it I will get it. This is top-notch film making, and very good screenwriting. In some ways, I can see this is a French version of Spike Lee's masterpiece "Do The Right Thing" in 1989. Its about a lower-class neighborhood, and its residence, and how they live their lives. A very important, and daring film. It shows, to Americans at least, that poverty is poverty, and racism is racims, no matter what part of the world its in. This is a great film, and very important.

I first saw 'la haine' about a year ago in a french class. then, this past autumn, as we all know, riots broke out in the ethnic outskirts of a number of major french cities. it's been 9 years since the film came out, and unlike some of its american urban film counterparts (spike lee excluded, of course) it is somehow prescient, getting better with age. anyone can throw around a buzzword like "urban alienation", but only a film like 'la haine' can truly convey it. the film centres on 3 young men, all second-generation immigrants living in those big tower blocks of council flats (aka project housing, aka 'the projects') that seem designed specifically to zap any illusions of future success out of these people's lives. the director uses certain motifs to back this up, not the least of which is the ominous gun that one of the friends comes to possess that is a symbol of some impending doom. (remember, this is a french film and in france, unlike the US, there is no right to keep and bear arms, making guns a bit harder to come by and therefore having one quite a big deal.) the sense of impending doom is tied to the notion of violence in 'la haine' (which was probably retitled 'hate' in the US because 'la haine' is, to the uninitiated, difficult to pronounce. to those who don't speak french, it's pronounced 'la ennn' with a nice emphasis on that 'nnn' and maybe a little inkling of an 'uh' sound at the end.) one character tells of a man falling off a building who, on the way down, thinks to himself, "so far, so good. so far, so good." that feeling is reinforced by the brilliant editing which, instead of just taking us to the next scene, opts instead to rip us from the last one, chew us up, and spit us out into the next. obviously, it's better to watch it, as I'm really reaching to describe how it actually feels, and it would probably be boring and counterproductive to just describe the flim techniques. if you're looking to understand not only the recent violence in france, which continues to this day (see the strasbourg new year's riots) but the entire mentality of hopelessness and alienation from society that is part of everyday life to those marginalized to the outskirts of wealthy western societies, see 'la haine'. it seems virtually unavailable on dvd in the US, which is frankly very sad. dvd shelves are probably bursting with copies of 'troy', but 'la haine' is 'no longer available', except on VHS for $35. but get a hold of it. somehow.

Amazing movie, however it isn't readable on my Blu Ray.. would have been nice to know that in the title

Muy buena película, para ver más de una vez. Oscura y violenta, aunque no tanto por las escenas en sí, que también, si no por todo lo que implica.

SOLO PER I VERI APPASSIONATI DI QUESTO CAPOLAVORO DI FILM!

Die Story - scheinbar banal. 24 Stunden im Leben von drei Heranwachsenden, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, doch eines verbindet sie: Die Straße. Aber hier wird nicht nur eine Geschichte erzählt. Hier wird Kritik ausgeübt. Sozialpolitisch und echt, denn Action á la Hollywood gibt es hier sicherlich nicht. Im Gegenteil, der Film ist ruhig, ja fast schon trist. Dennoch strahlt er Leichtigkeit aus, ist stellenweise sogar extrem humorvoll. Und die ganze Zeit fragt man sich: Wohin wird das Ganze führen? Denn hier gibt es keine künstlich herbeigeführte Dramatik, alles passiert einfach. Wie das im Leben halt so ist. Was die politische Aussage des Films ist, sei jedem selbst überlassen und ich möchte hier auch nicht Partei ergreifen für irgendwas. Aber die Missstände und Probleme eine vermeintlich höheren Gesellschaft, werden hier sehr gut aufgezeigt. Man sieht, wie sich einzelne Bevölkerungsschichten voneinander abkapseln und eine Art Parallelgesellschaft bilden, in denen andere Gesetze und Regeln herrschen. Regeln, die die eine Gesellschaft nicht verstehen will oder kann. Solange man nur nebeneinanderher lebt, ist alles gut. Sobald jedoch einer in die andere Gesellschaft eindringt, bricht das wackelige System in sich zusammen. Dabei wird mit dem Finger immer und immer wieder auf dieselben Leute gezeigt und irgendwann eskaliert das Ganze. Es ist unsere Realität, nicht umsonst sind die Sequenzen am Anfang des Films richtige Aufnahmen aus echten Protesten. Trotzdem wird im Film keineswegs mit Stereotypen gearbeitet. Jede Menschengruppe ist in jeder sozialen Schicht anzutreffen. Ich denke, es war kein Zufall, dass ich mich gefragt habe, wohin das Ganze führen soll - denn das ist das Ziel des Films. Wohin soll das Ganze führen? Wie lange soll das so weitergehen? Diese Fragen stellt man sich auch mit gesellschaftlichen Problemen. Und obwohl der Film mehr als ein Jahrzehnt in der Vergangenheit liegt, ist er immer noch aktuell. Man kann seine eigenen Schlüsse daraus ziehen. "Dies ist die Geschichte von einem Mann, der aus dem 50. Stock eines Hochhauses fällt. Und während er fällt, wiederholt er, um sich zu beruhigen, immer wieder: Bis hierher lief"s noch ganz gut, bis hierher lief"s noch ganz gut. Doch wichtig ist nicht der Fall, sondern die Landung." - Zitat aus dem Film. Von mir gibt es eine klare Empfehlung. Es ist wirklich mehr als nur ein Film.

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Excellent film ....