Maria Hofstätter,
Christine Jirku,
Victor Hennemann,
Georg Friedrich,
Alfred Mrva
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Famed for his controversial documentaries Models and Animal Love, Ulrich Seidl makes his first fiction film with this impassioned attack on the banality and emptiness of modern suburban life. Using a ... read more
DVD Release Date: April 13, 2004
Stats: 128 reviews
Quite perfect film about life in Vienna, Austria. This film isn't for the faint of heart. It's like Happiness with explicit sex and a less optimistic view of humanity. There's animal poisoning, a strip-tease from a senior citizen, an orgy 'esque' bathouse in a shopping cen... read more
[font=Century Gothic]Set in a heat wave in Austria, "Dog Days" is about four couples, ranging from old to young, genial to one-sided bullying that with the exception of the youngest couple, are linked by Hruby(Alfred Mrva), a security salesman, and Anna(Maria Hofstatter), an idio... read more
It's a very thin line between wanting to turn this movie off and laughing histerically-- I fall under the latter category, which I'm not sure how exactly it makes me feel. The characters are strange and annoying (I wanted to kick that hitchhiker in the face), yet completely fasci... read more
A real downer that drags quite abit. Bad characters in uncomfortable situations.
The subject matter of suburban dysfunction usually gets black comedy treatment, but this movie takes a different approach. Shot in documentary style, it has voyeuristic effect where the viewer is observing miserable lives of several people. None of the characters is likeable, and... read more
It's nothing brilliant, groundbreaking or innovative, but 'Dog Days' is for some reason an extremely fascinating character study. It's like CRASH tripping on a bad dose of heroin, but not really. It's an Austrian film following the lives of several depressed, deranged and annoyin... read more
Oddly compelling, disturbing -- some might say disturbed -- look at suburban life, Austrian style. Full Review
A long slog through the slough of despond. Full Review
This is a lament on the human condition, free of scented roses and free of solemnity. Full Review
[Seidl] is a talented man with things to say. And he says them, whether or not you approve or even care to listen. We applaud that.
Ultimately lacking depth or resonance, Dog Days is willfully provocative, much like a small child performing outrageous acts just to get some attention.
This startling debut fiction feature goes to great, hectoring lengths to prove its final line: 'People are so cruel' -- a judgment from which the filmmaker himself is presumably not exempt. Full Review
An engrossing and disturbing film that feels like a Dogma 95 film made by Todd Haynes. Full Review
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