A movie that marked me as a teen, they used to show it to the students at my school as awareness. Kinda weird when I think about it now, it's an intense and provocative piece. Just the speach at the beginning explaining why he's doing all this is troubling enough. Polytechnique is the highest form of horror, a real life horror. It shows everything, the camera never looks away. Beautifully shot. Not sure if the black and white was necessary but it looks good so why not. The flashback (or flashforward?) scenes with Jean-François were completely unnecessary and they kinda ruined the momentum the movie had going. Why even focus on him that much? It does redeem itself in the final few moments though. Quite the haunting experience but it doesn't hold up as well as I thought it would.
Shout by AcoucalanchaVIP 4BlockedParent2023-08-13T17:15:43Z— updated 2023-08-14T23:57:43Z
A movie that marked me as a teen, they used to show it to the students at my school as awareness. Kinda weird when I think about it now, it's an intense and provocative piece. Just the speach at the beginning explaining why he's doing all this is troubling enough. Polytechnique is the highest form of horror, a real life horror. It shows everything, the camera never looks away. Beautifully shot. Not sure if the black and white was necessary but it looks good so why not. The flashback (or flashforward?) scenes with Jean-François were completely unnecessary and they kinda ruined the momentum the movie had going. Why even focus on him that much? It does redeem itself in the final few moments though. Quite the haunting experience but it doesn't hold up as well as I thought it would.