“It’s a metaphorical movie and it’s also not a metaphorical movie.” - Harun Farocki
The comparisons to Vertigo are apt, but also silly & probably missing the point. Clearly this is inspired by Vertigo, absolutely. But Vertigo, in fact no film by Hitchcock, is quite as political as this.
Outstanding, a reflection on 20th Century Germany and also on the nature of fiction-performance-narrative, making this a film equally past and present. It’s remarkable how condensed yet complex this is, without leaving classical narrative means. A truth becomes lie, then almost truth, then lie again, before finally truth. And in the meantime we see a Germany which wants to forget the Holocaust, pretend it never existed, (in-fact, most of this movie is…