2011 Directed by Roman Polanski
After 11-year-old Zachary Cowan strikes his classmate across the face with a stick after an argument, the victim's parents invite Zachary's parents to their Brooklyn apartment to deal with the incident in a civilized manner.
Jean-Marie Blondel Mélanie Blouin Philippe Penot Roberto Cappannelli Dean Humphreys Didier Lesage Thomas Desjonquères
Wild Bunch SBS Productions SPI Film Studio Versátil Cinema Zanagar Films CinéCinéma PISF Canal+ France 2 Cinéma France Télévisions Constantin Film
Carnage - Der Gott des Gemetzels, Un dios salvaje
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Language. It can be used to create and to destroy. For me that's what this film was all about.
We see four people who slowly strip away social conventions and eventually show their true selves, all because of the incessant need to talk, justify oneself and outwit others.
You cannot get around the fact that this is a play. One location, four actors and an insane amount of dialogue. For a film like this to work the acting has to be perfect. And it is. All four of them are absolutely fantastic, they portray the slow descent into social and moral ambiguity in such a way that, although the characters are somewhat stereotypical, you always get the feeling you're watching…
jodie foster yelling, "don't you tell me about africa. i know all about suffering in africa!" was the best line-reading of the last decade
The whole thing is so funny to me. The casting was so perfect they really couldn’t have chosen a better actor for each character
This is truly one of the most violent movies that I have come across. Violence in the sense which considers human emotions. The true colour, savageness,guilt,anger,ego,superficial empathy, crookedness, disgust that human beings have as their innate nature are shown in full glory here. All the leads are excellent. Foster does too much sometimes. But waltz and Reilly truly steal the show. I am searching for a single word which best describes the movie. But I dont seem to get it. Oh wait I got it. Its CARNAGE.
Nancy Cowan: At least our kid isn't a little wimpy-ass faggot!
Penelope Longstreet: Yours is a FUCKING SNITCH!
I have always loved one location movie and the fact that this was filmed in real time too just makes me love it even more. Besides from that it was overall very well made and the short runtime made it an easy and enjoyable watch.
We follow two couples whose sons have had a fight. They are trying to respectfully handle the situation and solve their sons’ problems but they start to argue themselves. The characters take turns with who they are getting along with and the couples even start having their own internal conflicts.
The cast is fantastic and the four…
It astounds me - even more so on rewatch - that a film that, aside from the opening and closing shots, basically only takes place in the living room of an apartment (occasionally moving out to the hallway and brief moments throughout other parts of the home) with four people bickering at one another for 80 minutes, can be so intriguing and consistently entertaining. It's quite impressive. Roman Polanski's spot-on direction, the interesting dialogue and, of course, the excellent performances from the four actors themselves is what truly keeps this from ever becoming a monotonous mess of a film.
Plus, ever since first seeing Christoph Waltz in Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds back in '09, I always look forward to and love seeing him in things. This is no exception.
Roman Polański im Dialog mit Roman Polański
Roman Polański: Wir drehen einen Film!
Roman Polański: Schon wieder?
Roman Polański: Unser letzter Film ist sechs Jahre her!
Roman Polański: Letztes Jahr, unser letzter Film ist letztes Jahr in den Kinos erschienen.
Roman Polański: Ähm, möglich, hab ich wohlmöglich vergessen!
Roman Polański: Oder Verdrängt.
Roman Polański: Nichts wird hier verdrängt! Also drehen wir einen Film?
Roman Polański: Von mir aus.
Roman Polański: Was heißt hier von mir aus, wir drehen einen, das war keine Frage, sondern eine Feststellung!
Roman Polański: Warum betonst du alles wie mit einem Ausrufezeichen hinterlegt?
Roman Polański: Bestreite ich – rigoros und vehement!
Roman Polański: Von mir aus.
Roman Polański: Wir wäre es mit einem Film – einem…
Oh ja! Ach einer der Filme, die über die Jahre wachsen.
Beim ersten Sichten kam ich gar nicht auf das Finale klar. Viel zu kurz und abrupt - ich kannte halt das Theaterstück nicht.
Mittlerweile ein wunderbar unterhaltsamer Film mit fiesen Kommentaren und Dialogen. Und über den Cast müssen wir sowieso nicht reden.
Und ich werde bis heute nicht verstehen, warum die Filme von Roman Polanski immer sofort als solche erkennbar sind. Ob es die Musik ist, der Schnitt, die Kamera… Oder alles zusammen? Ich weiß es nicht. Aber ich mag es sehr gerne.
An odd little film about what happens when people ditch their manners and say exactly what they think! I have to admit it was comical at times but nothing to write home about!
