Notes from the Basement

Overview

“While striking various poses around his apartment, [Haindl] addresses an imaginary public, his speeches ranging from defiant to contrite. Each one shows a different side of his personality, from political grumbler to poet in a slouch hat. His monologues deal with the usual prejudices, such as those against women and foreigners, and none of them can be reduced to a single coherent point of view. Commonplaces are qualified with contradictions and self-irony, and his tirades occasionally swerve in the direction of serious analysis. The state of pandemonium which characterizes the Austrian soul is depicted as a labyrinth of rhetoric.” –Dominik Kamalzadeh

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 29, 2000

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Austria

Director

Rainer Frimmel,Peter Haindl

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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