Heard about the guy who fell off a skyscraper? On his way down past each floor, he kept saying to reassure himself: So far so good
No 170 - La Haine Director - Mathieu Kassovitz . I wish to begin with a culinary analogy. The last thing I saw from the hallowed list was Breakfast at Tiffany's. A fondant fancy of a film. Light, fluffy and enticingly pastel coloured. Following Breakfast at Tiffany's with La Haine is like following a fondant fancy with a brick . A big gritty, hard and chunky brick. I would put this film in the same school as Kids (which came out in the same year), or more recently, This is England . An essentially plotless film which follows the disillusioned youth over a period of time and building a horrific amount of tension. The plot (whatever plot there is) is very simple. The film follows three Parisian teenagers: Vinz , Saïd and Hubert. Their friend, Abdel, as been shot by the police during a riot. Vinz has stolen a police gun and swears that if Abdel dies, he will kill a policeman. Over the film, the tension builds as we see the friends come to terms with what is happening within ...