Cache (From Eunsun)

After watching Cache, I was bewildered for the whole week every time I thought about that movie. After reading everyone else's posts, I did some research on my own especially about the article on “revelation towards an articulation of historical guilt” that Ilya has posted. 

According my searches, Majid was an Algerian man.

Algeria was a French colony for 132 years and since 1954 they began their independence movement. On 1961, Paris massacre of 1961 happened where more than 30,000 Algerians protested in Paris and more than 200 Algerians were killed or had gone missing by the French. 

This is where Majid's parents were at, and that's how Majid came to live with Georges' parents. But because of Georges, Majid is soon sent to an orphanage.

This becomes the beginning of everything; guilt eventually destroys Georges. He goes from being an intellectual to a coward who just wants to avoid his dirty past.

Despite the wound that he has given to Majid, Georges himself had almost forgotten about what he has done for almost 40 years. 

But through continuous threats of videotapes and pictures, he comes to realize what dirty and ugly thing he has done. 

The idea of 'guilt' is prevalent throughout the whole film, and Haneke seems to go deeper into this idea through the usage of video tapes. He links the historical fault of France to Georges by reminding Georges of his fault, leaving him to feel anxious and vulnerable.

Anyways, this movie was one of the most outrageous movies that I have ever seen, in terms of both cinematography and plot; how did you guys like it?

For me, I don't know- I am still too bewildered to even know whether I liked it or not. Can't wait to hear what everyone thinks tomorrow!