The District!

While there were many aspects of The District! that were perhaps a little off, I still enjoyed the film. Some of the things that should have bothered me more like the ridiculous assortment of different ethnicities present in the circle of friends did not seem to throw me off. While I was aware that people of such different ethnicities would likely not be a tight knit friend group in Hungary, I felt that it did not detract from the overall story. The unorthodox animation was the thing I struggled with the most. While I think the use of photos for the heads of characters is interesting, it was jarring to watch. I think had the film been in English then I would have actually kind of enjoyed this new type of animation. The fact that I needed to read the subtitles, however, made it a bit more difficult to deal with the jarring animation. I was often distracted from reading the subtitles and for this reason I feel I missed some important parts of the narrative. Had the film been in English, I feel that I may have been able to do a deeper cultural reading of the film. This being said, I do feel that Hungarian audiences would obviously be able to get the most from this film. All in all, I actually did enjoy watching The District!