Dog Days

maria

One of the films that shifted my perspectives in cinema. It's hard to put the finger on the "what" but it's a film with a feeling you won't forget.

rllr

Of course it takes a documentary maker to hit it right out of the park concerning the Western European suburban hell. Hundstage is the ultimate depiction in that all too recognizable depression: Catholicism, work ethics, sexual repression (amongst others). Life, but how to live it...

El Biffo

Ulrich Seidl's films are in a special class that defy reviewing, or giving stars to, like Andy Warhol or Harmony Korine's work. And, like Korine, Seidl has a gift for making ordinary people seem ugly, and the ugliest among us seem captivating. Gorgeous photography graces portraits of ordinary, horrifyingly realistic people.

Wee Hunk

Warning. Sick, twisted and funny. For me the most significant story was the one of the hitchhiker. She would drive people crazy, and they would keep picking her up and driving her around. When you're angry it's helpful to have a scapegoat.

Ultra Kebab

The last sentence summarizes the whole film: "Lauter garstige Menschen" (a lot of nasty people). While portraying Austro-Teutonic suburban ugliness quite precisely, Seidl's effort feels strangely bloodless. It lacks the visciousness and vigor artists like Thomas Bernhard or Franz Novotny display in their works.

David Slotema

Seidl is a master in making me feel depressed about mankind and making me want to hang myself. And that's a compliment..

Robert Orlowski

Ulrich Seidl is a master of understanding character. However, what is even more impressive is his ability to take 6 different stories and cut almost unconsciously between them bringing to light the emptiness and monotony that connects them all and ultimately surrounds them.

findfilm

A day in the life....of a bunch of disconnected Austrians with their miserable lives the common factor. The 2 hours of the film contains not one smile or laugh but plenty of loneliness, heartbreak, misery and psychotic tendencies. Sex is loveless, companionship is habitual and simmering violence is ever-present. This voyeuristic film is a difficult watch because of it's stark reality but that is it's success.