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Requiem (2006)

 

Picture: C     Sound: C+     Extras: D     Film: C+

 

 

Michaela (Sandra Huller) is a young woman with a dysfunction, overly religious family who has epilepsy troubles, but it just might be something more in Hans-Christian Schimo’s Requiem (2006), a case similar to and an inspiration for the superior film Exorcism Of Emily Rose.  Though a somewhat ambitious effort, it is no match for the nuanced and underrated feature film.  Is she now Satanically possessed?

 

I think Huller is good and there is something interesting still about seeing the same story on the cheap looking comparatively deconstructive (and in German!) with less music reminds one of Warhol doing a cheap Horror film on video at times.  Unfortunately, it does not have too many other places to go, is never truly scary and never has us ask key questions about belief, faith and the human mind that Emily Rose did so eloquently.  It still makes for interesting alternate viewing.

 

The anamorphically enhanced 2.35 X 1 image originated in digital High Definition and looks it, with poor color, detail issues and motion hazing.  The Dolby Digital German 5.1 mix is not surround heavy or that well-recorded.  The combination is watchable, but limited.  There are no extras.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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