eVideo

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Film

Originally produced by Leisure Time Features in 2001.

It's a hot and suffocating weekend in the suburbs of Vienna somewhere between the autobahn and the exitroads, the supermarkets and new housing tracts. During these dog days of Summer, six interwoven stories unfold, revealing a world of disillusionment, loneliness and frustration. While the days are lazy and melancholic, spent sunning; the nights stepped in alcohol, sex and song, unleash a fury of violence and raw emotions. With no respite from the oppressive heat, tensions build and tempers explode. This is life at its most vulnerable and intimate; it's the horror and beauty of being human.. Follow Anna the Hitchhiker, Mr. Hruby who is an alarm systems salesman, Klaudia a onetime beauty queen, the Greek and his divorced wife who won't move out, Mr. Walter and his dog and a middle aged teacher as they live in these dog days.. "Mr. Seidl has done something that sits in your head; his movie feels both flamboyant and deadpan. With 'Dog Days,' which achieves a verisimilitude that most directors would envy, he has made an engrossing and disturbing film that feels like a Dogma 95 film made by Todd Haynes." -Elvis Mitchell, THE NEW YORK TIMES **** (4 Stars) "Extraordinary fiction feature debut...a remarkable work by a brilliant filmmaker" -Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE "A Triumph! Obscenely rich with memorable moments and extraordinary characters" FILM COMMENT "It is simply so distinctive, such remarkable filmmaking, that it compels admiration" -Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN (London).

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