Review #208: Werckmeister Harmonies (2001)
This review was originally written in 2022. Gabe's 100 Bucket List Horror Films Review #63: Werckmeister Harmonies (2001) I'm just gonna get right out and say it: this movie sucks, and whoever made it clearly has no respect whatsoever for the time of any of its viewers. I've glanced at some of the reviews on IMDB and the vast majority seem to give it endless praise for some sort of visionary imagery and powerful music and yadda yadda yadda, but to me- pardon my language- that just sounds like pretentious, self-gratifying bullshit. Werckmeister Harmonies is a black-and-white Hungarian film about a small town where a riot is (very, very) slowly brewing. The movie seems to imply that this has something to do with a circus coming to town, but given how briefly this circus actually shows up in the film and how nobody seems to actually react to it, I fail to see the connection. (Also: nowhere except my Bucket List can I find anyone claiming this is horror!) As I said, this movie ...