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Saturday, December 15, 2012

La Haine

Written & Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz / Cinematography by Pierre Aïm / Editing by Mathieu Kassovitz and Scott Stevenson / Produced by Christophe Rossignon / Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, and Saïd Taghmaoui

"C’est l’histoire d’un homme qui tombe d’un immeuble de cinquante étages. Le mec, au fur et à mesure de sa chute se répète sans cesse pour se rassurer : jusqu’ici tout va bien, jusqu’ici tout va bien, jusqu’ici tout va bien. Mais l'important c’est pas la chute, c’est l’atterrissage."

Mathieu Kassovitz: "You don't have to be political to make a film like HATE, you can talk about society through the human perspective, something that everyone can understand. I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make."(interview from: ThingReviews NYC 2/9/96, author: Ryan Deussing)